Something that is loved is never lost.
TONI MORRISONSomething that is loved is never lost.
TONI MORRISONAnything dead coming back to life hurts.
TONI MORRISONI don’t think one parent can raise a child. I don’t think two parents can raise a child. You really need the whole village.
TONI MORRISONFrom my point of view, your life is already a miracle of chance waiting for you to shape its destiny.
TONI MORRISONHe can’t value you more than you value yourself.
TONI MORRISONAs you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
TONI MORRISONIf you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
TONI MORRISONA friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
TONI MORRISONYou have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
TONI MORRISONIf there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.
TONI MORRISONLiberation means you don’t have to be silenced.
TONI MORRISONYou free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
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 MORRISONRacism will disappear when it’s no longer profitable, and no longer psychologically useful. And when that happens, it’ll be gone. But at the moment, people make a lot of money off of it, pro and con.
TONI MORRISONBut to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer.
TONI MORRISONBooks are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
TONI MORRISON