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
rivals trouble loses
Deep, deep trouble. Can't rival the dead for love. Lose every time.
shallow believer
Shallow believers prefer a shallow God.
roots circles ancestor
Our ancestors are an ever widening circle of hope.
obliged
You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
quilts reality cells
Each member of the family in his own cell of consciousness, each making his own patchwork quilt of reality - collecting fragments of experience here, pieces of information there. From the tiny impressions gleaned from one another, they created a sense of belonging and tried to make do with the way they found each other.
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)
imagination trying wish
How exquisitely human was the wish for permanent happiness, and how thin human imagination became trying to achieve it.
equality sisterhood two
Women's rights is not only an abstraction, a cause; it is also a personal affair. It is not only about us; it is also about me and you. Just the two of us.
anticipation certainty ifs
If happiness is anticipation with certainty, we were happy.