Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
TONI MORRISONBeloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
TONI MORRISONWhat a woman. What a life.
TONI MORRISONI didn’t want to speak for black people. I wanted to speak to and to be among. It’s us.
TONI MORRISONHe wants to put his story next to hers.
TONI MORRISONAll paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
TONI MORRISONNavigating a white male world was not threatening. It wasn’t even interesting. I was more interesting than they were.
TONI MORRISONYou need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
TONI MORRISONBlack people’s music is in a class by itself and always has been.
TONI MORRISONFor me the history of the place of black people in this country is so varied, complex and beautiful. And impactful.
TONI MORRISONWe mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom.
TONI MORRISONBooks are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
TONI MORRISONHe can’t value you more than you value yourself.
TONI MORRISONThe function of freedom is to free someone else.
TONI MORRISONThe peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one.
TONI MORRISONPassion is never enough; neither is skill.
TONI MORRISONLonely was much better than alone.
TONI MORRISON