33 Quotes About Toni-morrison

No gasp at a miracle that is truly miraculous because the magic lies in the fact that you knew it was there for you all along.

If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.- Toni Morrison

You know, the kind who know Jesus by His first name, but out of politeness never use it even to His face.

It's gonna hurt, now," said Amy. "anything dead coming back to life hurts.

Toni’s greatness as a novelist had a lot to do with her skill—her great ability—to show how we mucked up the landscape, not just in the world, but in ourselves. Slavery was one way we mucked it up, of course, and the enormous wound at the center of “Beloved” (1988) has to do with how slavery not only killed bodies, but made a mess of our minds, thus creating a particularly American way of thinking.

I don’t want to be a free nigger; I want to be a free man.”“Don’t we all. Look. Be what you want--- white or black. Choose. But if you choose black, you got to act black, meaning draw your manhood up—quicklike, and don’t bring me no whiteboy sass.” Hunter’s Hunter and Godlen Gray

I think that’s what Toni Morrison and Alice Walker understand, the secret language of women. That it’s not a secret at all; men just don’t know how to listen.

Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.

Nobody loves the head of a dandelion. Maybe because they are so many, strong, and soon.