Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
TONI MORRISONFor me the history of the place of black people in this country is so varied, complex and beautiful. And impactful.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
-
-
Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
TONI MORRISON -
You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
TONI MORRISON -
Love is never any better than the lover.
TONI MORRISON -
I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can’t teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.
TONI MORRISON -
The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power.
TONI MORRISON -
I get angry about things, then go on and work.
TONI MORRISON -
In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
TONI MORRISON -
There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.
TONI MORRISON -
Navigating a white male world was not threatening. It wasn’t even interesting. I was more interesting than they were.
TONI MORRISON -
You don’t have to love me but you damn well have to respect me.
TONI MORRISON -
You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
TONI MORRISON -
You are your own stories.
TONI MORRISON -
Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
TONI MORRISON -
Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
TONI MORRISON -
Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.
TONI MORRISON