Perhaps that’s what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?
TONI MORRISONPerhaps that’s what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?
TONI MORRISONAll art is knowing when to stop.
TONI MORRISONIn this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
TONI MORRISONWhat’s the world for you if you can’t make it up the way you want it?
TONI MORRISONFor me the history of the place of black people in this country is so varied, complex and beautiful. And impactful.
TONI MORRISONYou free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
TONI MORRISONPassion is never enough; neither is skill.
TONI MORRISONSomething that is loved is never lost.
TONI MORRISONAnger is better. There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. It is a lovely surging.
TONI MORRISONThe 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 MORRISONBlack boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are.
TONI MORRISONNavigating 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.
TONI MORRISONBlack people’s music is in a class by itself and always has been.
TONI MORRISONI didn’t want to speak for black people. I wanted to speak to and to be among. It’s us.
TONI MORRISONMe and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
TONI MORRISON