--- title: "6 Bluest Eye Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 6 Bluest Eye quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Bluest Eye sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf5/toni-morrison-271_beauty_there-in-the-dark-her-memory-was-refresh_95935.jpg" --- > [“There in the dark her memory was refreshed, and she succumbed to her earlier dreams. Along with the idea of romantic love,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-morrison/there-in-the-dark-her-memory-was-refreshed-and-she-succumbed-to-her/) [Toni Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf5/toni-morrison-271_beauty_there-in-the-dark-her-memory-was-refresh_95935.jpg) > [“Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-allison/toni-morrison-s-the-bluest-eye/) [Dorothy Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-allison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7a/dorothy-allison-2041_morrison_toni-morrison-s-the-bluest-eye-230940_230940.png) > [I am very bad at remembering the books I've read and so recently I had a wonderful experience. I decided I wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-hunt/i-am-very-bad-at-remembering-the-books-i-ve-read-and-so-recently-i/) [Samantha Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-hunt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5e/samantha-hunt-14215_book_i-am-very-bad-at-remembering-the-books-i_544748.png) > [All the books that were being published by African-American guys were saying 'screw whitey', or some variation of that. Not the scholars…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-morrison/all-the-books-that-were-being-published-by-african-american-guys-were/) [Toni Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3a/toni-morrison-271_african-american_all-the-books-that-were-being-published_917698.jpg) > [I remember reading The Bluest Eye when I was a young parent, and something opened in me. That's the highest aspiration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-remember-reading-the-bluest-eye-when-i-was-a-young-parent-and/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a64/george-saunders-317_aspiration_i-remember-reading-the-bluest-eye-when-i_1057496.jpg) > [“I am really Chloe Anthony Wofford. That's who I am. I have been writing under this other person's name. I write some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-morrison/i-am-really-chloe-anthony-wofford-that-s-who-i-am-i-have-been-writing/) [Toni Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c74/toni-morrison-271_art_i-am-really-chloe-anthony-wofford-that-s_2661227.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bluest-eye/#itemlist", "name": "Bluest Eye Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There in the dark her memory was refreshed, and she succumbed to her earlier dreams. Along with the idea of romantic love, she was introduced to another - physical beauty. Probably the most destructive ideas in the history of human thought. Both originated in envy, thrived in insecurity, and ended in disillusion. 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