Writing is really a way of thinking–not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.
TONI MORRISONDefinitions belong to the definers, not the defined.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
-
-
Being able to laugh got me through.
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 -
Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.
TONI MORRISON -
To get to a place where you could love anything you chose – not to need permission for desire – well now that was freedom.
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 -
Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
TONI MORRISON -
I get angry about things, then go on and work.
TONI MORRISON -
A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
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 -
I 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 MORRISON -
Liberation means you don’t have to be silenced.
TONI MORRISON -
When a child walks in the room, your child or anybody else’s child, do your eyes light up? That’s what they’re looking for.
TONI MORRISON -
What a woman. What a life.
TONI MORRISON -
Love is never any better than the lover.
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