I’ve spent my entire writing life trying to make sure that the white gaze was not the dominant one in any of my books.
TONI MORRISONI’ve spent my entire writing life trying to make sure that the white gaze was not the dominant one in any of my books.
TONI MORRISONYou have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
TONI MORRISONThe function of freedom is to free someone else.
TONI MORRISONIn times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent. This is precisely the time when artists go to work.
TONI MORRISONAll important things are hard.
TONI MORRISONNavigating a white male world was not threatening. It wasn’t even interesting. I was more interesting than they were.
TONI MORRISONAnd I am all the things I have ever loved: scuppernong wine, cool baptisms in silent water, dream books and number playing.
TONI MORRISONBlack people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.
TONI MORRISONMake a difference about something other than yourselves.
TONI MORRISONHe can’t value you more than you value yourself.
TONI MORRISONLonely was much better than alone.
TONI MORRISONIt was a fine cry – loud and long – but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.
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 MORRISONThere 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 MORRISONAll art is knowing when to stop.
TONI MORRISONLove is never any better than the lover.
TONI MORRISON