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Toni Morrison quotes: Isolation, you know, carries the seeds of its own destruction because as times change, other things seep in. Isolation, you know, carries the seeds of its own destruction because as times change, other things seep in.
Toni Morrison quotes: Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me. Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
Toni Morrison quotes: I don't think a female running a house is a problem, a broken family. It's perceived as one because of the notion that a head is a man. I don't think a female running a house is a problem, a broken family. It's perceived as one because of the notion that a head is a man.
Toni Morrison quotes: A bestseller is a book that non-book buyers buy A bestseller is a book that non-book buyers buy
Toni Morrison quotes: The threads of malice creeping toward him from Beloved's side of the table were held harmless in the warmth of Sethe's smile. The threads of malice creeping toward him from Beloved's side of the table were held harmless in the warmth of Sethe's smile.
Toni Morrison quotes: If I'm here ... you can go anywhere you want. Jump if you want to. 'Cause I'll catch you, girl. I'll catch you 'fore you fall. If I'm here ... you can go anywhere you want. Jump if you want to. 'Cause I'll catch you, girl. I'll catch you 'fore you fall.
Toni Morrison quotes: Wait, wait, wait, wait. Don't try to write through it, to force it. Many do but that won't work. Just wait, it will come. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Don't try to write through it, to force it. Many do but that won't work. Just wait, it will come.
Toni Morrison quotes: You your own best thing."-Paul D. You your own best thing."
-Paul D.
Toni Morrison quotes: Write at the edges of the day. Write at the edges of the day.
Toni Morrison quotes: So this is what insanity is. Not goofy behavior, but watching a sudden change in the world you used to know. So this is what insanity is. Not goofy behavior, but watching a sudden change in the world you used to know.
Toni Morrison quotes: Carefully they replaced the soil and covered the entire grave with uprooted grass.Neither one had spoken a word. Carefully they replaced the soil and covered the entire grave with uprooted grass.
Neither one had spoken a word.
Toni Morrison quotes: American means white, and Africanist people struggle to make the term applicable to themselves with ethnicity and hyphen after hyphen after hyphen. American means white, and Africanist people struggle to make the term applicable to themselves with ethnicity and hyphen after hyphen after hyphen.
Toni Morrison quotes: The language must be careful and must appear effortless. It must not sweat. It must suggest and be provocative at the same time. The language must be careful and must appear effortless. It must not sweat. It must suggest and be provocative at the same time.
Toni Morrison quotes: If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.
Toni Morrison quotes: The function of freedom is to free someone else. The function of freedom is to free someone else.
Toni Morrison quotes: I didn't fall in love, I rose in it. I didn't fall in love, I rose in it.
Toni Morrison quotes: If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it. If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
Toni Morrison quotes: My sex life became sort of like Diet Coke - deceptively sweet minus nutrition. My sex life became sort of like Diet Coke - deceptively sweet minus nutrition.
Toni Morrison quotes: If you can't count, they can cheat you. If you can't read, they can beat you. If you can't count, they can cheat you. If you can't read, they can beat you.
Toni Morrison quotes: You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down. You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
Toni Morrison quotes: She had been looking all along for a friend, and it took her a while to discover that a lover was not a comrade and could never be - for She had been looking all along for a friend, and it took her a while to discover that a lover was not a comrade and could never be - for a woman.
Toni Morrison quotes: Now I know why Baby Suggs pondered color her last years. She never had time to see, let alone enjoy it before. Now I know why Baby Suggs pondered color her last years. She never had time to see, let alone enjoy it before.
Toni Morrison quotes: The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power. The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power.
Toni Morrison quotes: A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order. A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
Toni Morrison quotes: I welcomed the circling sharks but they avoided me as if knowing I preferred their teeth to the chains around my neck my waist my ankles I welcomed the circling sharks but they avoided me as if knowing I preferred their teeth to the chains around my neck my waist my ankles
Toni Morrison quotes: 124 was spiteful. 124 was spiteful.
Toni Morrison quotes: Make a difference, does it? You stay the night here snake get you. Make a difference, does it? You stay the night here snake get you.
Toni Morrison quotes: You have pissed your last in this house ... and I don't make velvet roses anymore. You have pissed your last in this house ... and I don't make velvet roses anymore.
Toni Morrison quotes: From my point of view, your life is already a miracle of chance waiting for you to shape its destiny. From my point of view, your life is already a miracle of chance waiting for you to shape its destiny.
Toni Morrison quotes: They did not believe death was accidental - life might be, but death was deliberate. They did not believe death was accidental - life might be, but death was deliberate.
Toni Morrison quotes: He licked his lips. 'Well, if you want my opinion-''I don't, ' She said. 'I have my own. He licked his lips. 'Well, if you want my opinion-'
'I don't, ' She said. 'I have my own.
Toni Morrison quotes: If you surrender to the wind you can ride it. If you surrender to the wind you can ride it.
Toni Morrison quotes: Solitude, competitiveness and grief are the unavoidable lot of a writer only when there is no organization or network to which he can turn. Solitude, competitiveness and grief are the unavoidable lot of a writer only when there is no organization or network to which he can turn.
Toni Morrison quotes: Dominion won by fear and secured by fear was still sweeter than any that could be got another way. Dominion won by fear and secured by fear was still sweeter than any that could be got another way.
Toni Morrison quotes: No gasp at a miracle that is truly miraculous because the magic lies in the fact that you knew it was there for you all along. No gasp at a miracle that is truly miraculous because the magic lies in the fact that you knew it was there for you all along.
Toni Morrison quotes: People who die bad don't stay in the ground. People who die bad don't stay in the ground.
Toni Morrison quotes: I dream a dream that dreams back at me I dream a dream that dreams back at me
Toni Morrison quotes: his mild cynicism morphed into depression. his mild cynicism morphed into depression.
Toni Morrison quotes: In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent. In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent.
Toni Morrison quotes: A man ain't nothing but a man. But a son? Well, now, that's somebody A man ain't nothing but a man. But a son? Well, now, that's somebody
Toni Morrison quotes: Maybe everybody has a renegade tongue yearning to be on its own. Maybe everybody has a renegade tongue yearning to be on its own.
Toni Morrison quotes: When they fall in love with a city, it is for forever and it is like forever. When they fall in love with a city, it is for forever and it is like forever.
Toni Morrison quotes: he left her like a skunk leaves a smell. he left her like a skunk leaves a smell.
Toni Morrison quotes: All art is knowing when to stop. All art is knowing when to stop.
Toni Morrison quotes: And for a reason he still did not understand, he began to cry. Love plain, simple, and so fast it shattered him. And for a reason he still did not understand, he began to cry. Love plain, simple, and so fast it shattered him.
Toni Morrison quotes: The real hell of Hell is that it is forever.' Sula said that. She said doing anything forever and ever was hell. The real hell of Hell is that it is forever.' Sula said that. She said doing anything forever and ever was hell.
Toni Morrison quotes: What you want to be when you grow up?" Thomas turned the knob with his left hand and opened the door. "A man," he said and left. What you want to be when you grow up?" Thomas turned the knob with his left hand and opened the door. "A man," he said and left.
Toni Morrison quotes: More than fear of loving bears or birds bigger than cows, I fear pathless nights. How, I wonder, can I find you in the dark? More than fear of loving bears or birds bigger than cows, I fear pathless nights. How, I wonder, can I find you in the dark?
Toni Morrison quotes: God take what He would, she said. And He did, and He did, and He did and then gave her Halle who gave her freedom when it didn't mean a God take what He would, she said. And He did, and He did, and He did and then gave her Halle who gave her freedom when it didn't mean a thing.
Toni Morrison quotes: It may even be that some of us know what it is like to be actually hated - hated for things we have no control over and cannot change. It may even be that some of us know what it is like to be actually hated - hated for things we have no control over and cannot change.
Toni Morrison quotes: I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can't teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort. I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can't teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.
Toni Morrison quotes: Michael was a purveyor of exotics, a typical anthropologist, a cultural orphan who sought other cultures he could love without risk or pain. Michael was a purveyor of exotics, a typical anthropologist, a cultural orphan who sought other cultures he could love without risk or pain.
Toni Morrison quotes: The box had done what Sweet Home had not, what working like an ass and living like a dog had not: drove him crazy so he would not lose his The box had done what Sweet Home had not, what working like an ass and living like a dog had not: drove him crazy so he would not lose his mind.
Toni Morrison quotes: Something that is loved is never lost. Something that is loved is never lost.
Toni Morrison quotes: You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you. You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
Toni Morrison quotes: Like Guitar in Son of Solomon, and Son in Tar Baby, he believed that harmony could never exist between the races. Like Guitar in Son of Solomon, and Son in Tar Baby, he believed that harmony could never exist between the races.
Toni Morrison quotes: I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are
Toni Morrison quotes: Her heavy knives of defense against misery, regret, gall and hurt, she placed one by one on a bank where dear water rushed on below. Her heavy knives of defense against misery, regret, gall and hurt, she placed one by one on a bank where dear water rushed on below.
Toni Morrison quotes: It's not about choosing somebody over her. It's about making space for somebody along with her. It's not about choosing somebody over her. It's about making space for somebody along with her.
Toni Morrison quotes: Liberation means you don't have to be silenced. Liberation means you don't have to be silenced.
Toni Morrison quotes: A lot of black people believe that Jews in this country have become white. They behave like white people rather than Jewish people. A lot of black people believe that Jews in this country have become white. They behave like white people rather than Jewish people.
Toni Morrison quotes: Shallow believers prefer a shallow God. Shallow believers prefer a shallow God.
Toni Morrison quotes: Rainwater held on to pine needles for dear life and Beloved could not take her eyes off Sethe. Rainwater held on to pine needles for dear life and Beloved could not take her eyes off Sethe.
Toni Morrison quotes: Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are. Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are.
Toni Morrison quotes: The best hiding place was love. Thus the conversion from pristine sadism to fabricated hatred, to fraudulent love. The best hiding place was love. Thus the conversion from pristine sadism to fabricated hatred, to fraudulent love.
Toni Morrison quotes: New York is the last true city. New York is the last true city.
Toni Morrison quotes: Much handled things are always soft(27). Much handled things are always soft(27).
Toni Morrison quotes: Home is memory, home is your history, home is where you work. Some people want to abandon it and become truly local. But the questions are all there. Home is memory, home is your history, home is where you work. Some people want to abandon it and become truly local. But the questions are all there.
Toni Morrison quotes: If I hadn't trained Lula Ann properly she wouldn't have known to always cross the street and avoid white boys. If I hadn't trained Lula Ann properly she wouldn't have known to always cross the street and avoid white boys.
Toni Morrison quotes: I don't do the things other people call "play." I don't do the things other people call "play."
Toni Morrison quotes: It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you. It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
Toni Morrison quotes: You revel in the smoke that the words send up. You revel in the smoke that the words send up.
Toni Morrison quotes: All important things are hard. All important things are hard.
Toni Morrison quotes: We never shape the world . . . the world shapes us. We never shape the world . . . the world shapes us.
Toni Morrison quotes: The human body is robust. It can gather strength when it's in mortal danger. The human body is robust. It can gather strength when it's in mortal danger.
Toni Morrison quotes: If a Negro got legs he ought to use them. Sit down too long, somebody will figure out a way to tie them up. If a Negro got legs he ought to use them. Sit down too long, somebody will figure out a way to tie them up.
Toni Morrison quotes: Well, if a man don't HAVE a chance, then he has to TAKE a chance! Well, if a man don't HAVE a chance, then he has to TAKE a chance!
Toni Morrison quotes: God puzzled her and she was too ashamed of Him to say so. God puzzled her and she was too ashamed of Him to say so.
Toni Morrison quotes: Bryn Mawr had done what a four-year dose of liberal education was designed to do: unfit her for eighty percent of the useful work of the world. Bryn Mawr had done what a four-year dose of liberal education was designed to do: unfit her for eighty percent of the useful work of the world.
Toni Morrison quotes: Race is the least reliable information you can have about someone. It's real information, but it tells you next to nothing. Race is the least reliable information you can have about someone. It's real information, but it tells you next to nothing.
Toni Morrison quotes: Perhaps that's what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it? Perhaps that's what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?
Toni Morrison quotes: Long ago, before I met her, she twisted her blond hair into dreadlocks and, pretty as she is, the locks add an allure she wouldn't otherwise have. Long ago, before I met her, she twisted her blond hair into dreadlocks and, pretty as she is, the locks add an allure she wouldn't otherwise have.
Toni Morrison quotes: How can I take crime shows seriously where the female detectives track killers in Louboutin heels? How can I take crime shows seriously where the female detectives track killers in Louboutin heels?
Toni Morrison quotes: It would be ten years before they saw each other again, and their meeting would be thick with birds. It would be ten years before they saw each other again, and their meeting would be thick with birds.
Toni Morrison quotes: She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order. She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order.
Toni Morrison quotes: Long before I was a success, my parents made me feel like I could be one. Long before I was a success, my parents made me feel like I could be one.
Toni Morrison quotes: A son ain't what a woman say. A son is what a man do. A son ain't what a woman say. A son is what a man do.
Toni Morrison quotes: Anger is better. There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. It is a lovely surging. Anger is better. There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. It is a lovely surging.
Toni Morrison quotes: I always know the ending; that's where I start. I always know the ending; that's where I start.
Toni Morrison quotes: I don't want to be free of you because I am alive only with you. I don't want to be free of you because I am alive only with you.
Toni Morrison quotes: The girl's face was as tight and mean as broccoli The girl's face was as tight and mean as broccoli
Toni Morrison quotes: We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom. We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom.
Toni Morrison quotes: 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. 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 quotes: The vitality of language lies in its ability to limn the actual, imagined and possible lives of its speakers, readers, writers. The vitality of language lies in its ability to limn the actual, imagined and possible lives of its speakers, readers, writers.
Toni Morrison quotes: Her color is a cross she will always carry. Her color is a cross she will always carry.
Toni Morrison quotes: No matter what all your teeth and wet fingers anticipated, there was no accounting for the way that simple joy could shake you. No matter what all your teeth and wet fingers anticipated, there was no accounting for the way that simple joy could shake you.
Toni Morrison quotes: You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone. You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
Toni Morrison quotes: You been gone too long, Sula. Not too long, but maybe too far. You been gone too long, Sula. Not too long, but maybe too far.
Toni Morrison quotes: She learned the intricacy of loneliness: the horror of color, the roar of soundlessness and the menace of familiar objects lying still. She learned the intricacy of loneliness: the horror of color, the roar of soundlessness and the menace of familiar objects lying still.
Toni Morrison quotes: Lay my head on the railroad line, Train come along, pacify my mind. Lay my head on the railroad line,
Train come along, pacify my mind.

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