All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
TONI MORRISONThe peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
-
-
The function of freedom is to free someone else.
TONI MORRISON -
You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
TONI MORRISON -
Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
TONI MORRISON -
You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
TONI MORRISON -
Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s choosing the ones you want.
TONI MORRISON -
I didn’t want to speak for black people. I wanted to speak to and to be among. It’s us.
TONI MORRISON -
Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
TONI MORRISON -
A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
TONI MORRISON -
Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
TONI MORRISON -
The enemy is not men. The enemy is the concept of patriarchy, the concept of patriarchy as the way to run the world or do things.
TONI MORRISON -
Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe.
TONI MORRISON -
Writing is really a way of thinking–not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.
TONI MORRISON -
Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
TONI MORRISON -
I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
TONI MORRISON -
Something that is loved is never lost.
TONI MORRISON