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
love fall thinking
Don't ever think I fell for you, or fell over you. I didn't fall in love, I rose in it.
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.
intellectual paradise topics
It's been mentioned or suggested that Paradise will not be well studied, because it's about this unimportant intellectual topic, which is religion.
country media people
For a long time I was convinced that the conflict between Jewish people and black people in this country was a media event.
freedom self beloved
Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
circles long sorrow
It was a fine cry - loud and long - but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.
love-is lovers
Love is never any better than the lover.
art pain important
I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence. Like failure, chaos contains information that can lead to knowledge-even wisdom. Like art.
sister sibling special
A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves - a special kind of double.
decision want safe
I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are
doors misery awake
Misery don't call ahead. That's why you have to stay awake - otherwise it just walks on in your door.
inspirational happiness attitude
If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.
love inspiring sad-love
Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.
art waiting waiting-for-you
Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.