Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
TONI MORRISONFreeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
TONI MORRISONLike any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
TONI MORRISONBeloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
TONI MORRISONHe wants to put his story next to hers.
TONI MORRISONWhen there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
TONI MORRISONFreedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s choosing the ones you want.
TONI MORRISONIn this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
TONI MORRISONMe and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
TONI MORRISONI always know the ending; that’s where I start.
TONI MORRISONSometimes what I write on the page frightens me, so I feel free when I write, but I don’t feel safe.
TONI MORRISONToday is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
TONI MORRISONLiberation means you don’t have to be silenced.
TONI MORRISONYou free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
TONI MORRISONThe enemy is not men. The enemy is the concept of patriarchy, the concept of patriarchy as the way to run the world or do things.
TONI MORRISONI have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies.
TONI MORRISONArt invites us to know beauty and to solicit it, summon it, from even the most tragic of circumstances.
TONI MORRISON