A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
TONI MORRISONA dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
TONI MORRISONPerhaps that’s what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?
TONI MORRISONToday is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
TONI MORRISONAnything dead coming back to life hurts.
TONI MORRISONYou have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
TONI MORRISONDon’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
TONI MORRISONTo get to a place where you could love anything you chose – not to need permission for desire – well now that was freedom.
TONI MORRISONI didn’t want to speak for black people. I wanted to speak to and to be among. It’s us.
TONI MORRISONAll paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
TONI MORRISONIt was a fine cry – loud and long – but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.
TONI MORRISONBeing able to laugh got me through.
TONI MORRISONMy theory is that the world is a difficult place to live in and distraction is the name of the game.
TONI MORRISONFor me the history of the place of black people in this country is so varied, complex and beautiful. And impactful.
TONI MORRISONLet your face speak what’s in your heart.
TONI MORRISONThe function of freedom is to free someone else.
TONI MORRISONArt invites us to know beauty and to solicit it, summon it, from even the most tragic of circumstances.
TONI MORRISON