Navigating a white male world was not threatening. It wasn’t even interesting. I was more interesting than they were.
TONI MORRISONFreedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s choosing the ones you want.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
-
-
You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
TONI MORRISON -
For me the history of the place of black people in this country is so varied, complex and beautiful. And impactful.
TONI MORRISON -
There is an incredible amount of magic and feistiness in black men that nobody has been able to wipe out. But everybody has tried.
TONI MORRISON -
Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
TONI MORRISON -
You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
TONI MORRISON -
I get angry about things, then go on and work.
TONI MORRISON -
Perhaps that’s what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?
TONI MORRISON -
Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
TONI MORRISON -
You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
TONI MORRISON -
There’s a difference between writing for a living and writing for life. If you write for a living, you make enormous compromises. If you write for life, you’ll work hard; you’ll do what’s honest, not what pays.
TONI MORRISON -
At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
TONI MORRISON -
I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are.
TONI MORRISON -
Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.
TONI MORRISON -
Liberation means you don’t have to be silenced.
TONI MORRISON -
He wants to put his story next to hers.
TONI MORRISON