Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison
Toni Morrisonis an American novelist, editor, and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. Her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue, and richly detailed characters. Among her best known novels are The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of Solomon, and Beloved...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth18 February 1931
CityLorain, OH
CountryUnited States of America
next stories want
He wants to put his story next to hers.
knowing-everything feelings littles
the hopelessness that comes from knowing too little and feeling too much (so brittle, so dry he is in danger of the reverse: feeling nothing and knowing everything)
spring flower rain
For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
ajax littles achilles
We read about how Ajax and Achilles will die for each other, but very little about the friendship of women.
falling-in-love fall cities
When they fall in love with a city, it is for forever and it is like forever.
yesterday needs tomorrow
Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
imagination trying wish
How exquisitely human was the wish for permanent happiness, and how thin human imagination became trying to achieve it.
confusion long devil
You looking good." "Devil's confusion. He lets me look good long as I feel bad.
cities people black
There is nothing of any consequence in education, in the economy, in city planning, in social policy that does not concern black people.
peace ties diversity
If you're going to hold someone down you're going to have to hold on by the other end of the chain. You are confined by your own repression.
native-american enjoy native
Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers.
moon sky choices
You marvel at the economy and this choice of words. How many ways can you describe the sky and the moon? After Sylvia Plath, what can you say?
definitions beloved defined
Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.
commitment justice not-good-enough
Please don't settle for happiness. It's not good enough. Of course you deserve it, but if that's all you have in mind - happiness - I want to suggest to you that personal success devoid of meaningfulness, free of a steady commitment to social justice - that's more than a barren life. It's a trivial one.