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
patriotic differences humane
The difference between that which is humane and that which is patriotic is a vital difference.
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.
ties long use
If a Negro got legs he ought to use them. Sit down too long, somebody will figure out a way to tie them up.
cities numbers giving
Beginning Beloved with numerals rather than spelled out numbers, it was my intention to give the house an identity separate from the street or even the city.
obliged
You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
humans human-relations human-relationships
Perhaps that's what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?
witty children writing
The habit of getting up early, which I had formed when the children were young, now became my choice. I am not very bright or very witty or very inventive after the sun goes down.
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.
spring eye pits
Sunk in the grass of an empty lot on a spring Saturday, I split the stems of milkweed and thought about ants and peach pits and death and where the world went when I closed my eyes.
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)
ajax littles achilles
We read about how Ajax and Achilles will die for each other, but very little about the friendship of women.
yesterday needs tomorrow
Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.