Toni Morrison Quotes

My father saw two black men lynched on his street in Cartersville, Toni Morrison Picture Quote

My father saw two black men lynched on his street in Cartersville,

— Toni Morrison

I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it. Toni Morrison Picture Quote

I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.

— Toni Morrison

The isolation, the separateness, is always a part of any utopia. Toni Morrison Picture Quote

The isolation, the separateness, is always a part of any utopia.

— Toni Morrison

You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you. Toni Morrison Picture Quote

You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.

— Toni Morrison

Girl, I got my mind. And what goes on in it. Which Toni Morrison Picture Quote

Girl, I got my mind. And what goes on in it. Which

— Toni Morrison

Birth, life, and death― each took place on the hidden side of a leaf. Toni Morrison Picture Quote

Birth, life, and death― each took place on the hidden side of a leaf.

— Toni Morrison

A man ain’t nothing but a man. But a son? Well, now, that’s somebody Toni Morrison Picture Quote

A man ain’t nothing but a man. But a son? Well, now, that’s somebody

— Toni Morrison

As a writer reading, I came to realize the obvious: the subject Toni Morrison Picture Quote

As a writer reading, I came to realize the obvious: the subject

— Toni Morrison

And fantasy it was, for we were not strong, only aggressive; we Toni Morrison Picture Quote

And fantasy it was, for we were not strong, only aggressive; we

— Toni Morrison

Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s Toni Morrison Picture Quote

Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s

— Toni Morrison

Intimacy is extremely important to me and I want it to be Toni Morrison Picture Quote

Intimacy is extremely important to me and I want it to be

— Toni Morrison

When she awoke there was a melody in her head she could Toni Morrison Picture Quote

When she awoke there was a melody in her head she could

— Toni Morrison

To be given dominion over another is a hard thing; to wrest Toni Morrison Picture Quote

To be given dominion over another is a hard thing; to wrest

— Toni Morrison

Grown don’t mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. Toni Morrison Picture Quote

Grown don’t mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child.

— Toni Morrison

Would it be all right? Would it be all right to go Toni Morrison Picture Quote

Would it be all right? Would it be all right to go

— Toni Morrison

Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all. Toni Morrison Picture Quote

Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.

— Toni Morrison

Wait, wait, wait, wait. Don’t try to write through it, to force Toni Morrison Picture Quote

Wait, wait, wait, wait. Don’t try to write through it, to force

— Toni Morrison

Womanists is what black feminists used to call themselves. Very much so. Toni Morrison Picture Quote

Womanists is what black feminists used to call themselves. Very much so.

— Toni Morrison

What difference do it make if the thing you scared of is real or not? Toni Morrison Picture Quote

What difference do it make if the thing you scared of is real or not?

— Toni Morrison

Narrative is radical, creating us at the very moment it is being created. Toni Morrison Picture Quote

Narrative is radical, creating us at the very moment it is being created.

— Toni Morrison

You looked at me then like you knew me, and I thought Toni Morrison Picture Quote

You looked at me then like you knew me, and I thought

— Toni Morrison

I am a writer and my faith in the world of art Toni Morrison Picture Quote

I am a writer and my faith in the world of art

— Toni Morrison

If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down. Toni Morrison Picture Quote

If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.

— Toni Morrison

It was not death or dying that frightened him, but the unexpectedness Toni Morrison Picture Quote

It was not death or dying that frightened him, but the unexpectedness

— Toni Morrison

Adults, older girls, shops, magazines, newspapers, window signsall the world had Toni Morrison Picture Quote

Adults, older girls, shops, magazines, newspapers, window signsall the world had

— Toni Morrison

You rely on a sentence to say more than the denotation and Toni Morrison Picture Quote

You rely on a sentence to say more than the denotation and

— Toni Morrison

Race is the least reliable information you can have about someone. It’s Toni Morrison Picture Quote

Race is the least reliable information you can have about someone. It’s

— Toni Morrison

You looked at them and wondered why they were so ugly; you Toni Morrison Picture Quote

You looked at them and wondered why they were so ugly; you

— Toni Morrison

Love is never any better than the lover. Wicked people love wickedly, Toni Morrison Picture Quote

Love is never any better than the lover. Wicked people love wickedly,

— Toni Morrison

Misery colored by the greens and blues in my mother’s voice took Toni Morrison Picture Quote

Misery colored by the greens and blues in my mother’s voice took

— Toni Morrison

Love it, love it and the beat and beating heart, love that Toni Morrison Picture Quote

Love it, love it and the beat and beating heart, love that

— Toni Morrison

I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision Toni Morrison Picture Quote

I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision

— Toni Morrison

Listen, baby, people do funny things. Specially us. The cards are stacked Toni Morrison Picture Quote

Listen, baby, people do funny things. Specially us. The cards are stacked

— Toni Morrison

Like Guitar in Son of Solomon, and Son in Tar Baby, he Toni Morrison Picture Quote

Like Guitar in Son of Solomon, and Son in Tar Baby, he

— Toni Morrison

Sifting daylight dissolves the memory, turns it into dust motes floating in light. Toni Morrison Picture Quote

Sifting daylight dissolves the memory, turns it into dust motes floating in light.

— Toni Morrison

I don’t know whether the bird you are holding is dead or Toni Morrison Picture Quote

I don’t know whether the bird you are holding is dead or

— Toni Morrison

Laughter is more serious than tears. Toni Morrison Picture Quote

Laughter is more serious than tears.

— Toni Morrison

I couldn’t bear to have people mispronounce my name. But the person Toni Morrison Picture Quote

I couldn’t bear to have people mispronounce my name. But the person

— Toni Morrison

Anything dead coming back to life hurts. Toni Morrison Picture Quote

Anything dead coming back to life hurts.

— Toni Morrison

In order to be as free as I possibly can, in my Toni Morrison Picture Quote

In order to be as free as I possibly can, in my

— Toni Morrison

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