Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.
TONI MORRISONLove is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.
TONI MORRISONA writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
TONI MORRISONBlack boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are.
TONI MORRISONLiterature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
TONI MORRISONIf there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write it.
TONI MORRISONFreedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s choosing the ones you want.
TONI MORRISONA dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
TONI MORRISONAll water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
TONI MORRISONMy theory is that the world is a difficult place to live in and distraction is the name of the game.
TONI MORRISONI get angry about things, then go on and work.
TONI MORRISONI didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.
TONI MORRISONThere’s a difference between writing for a living and writing for life. If you write for a living, you make enormous compromises. If you write for life, you’ll work hard; you’ll do what’s honest, not what pays.
TONI MORRISONIf you can only be tall because someone else is on their knees, then you have a serious problem. And white people have a very, very serious problem.
TONI MORRISONI dream a dream that dreams back at me.
TONI MORRISONThe function of freedom is to free someone else.
TONI MORRISONAnything dead coming back to life hurts.
TONI MORRISON