“Paul D did not answer because she didn't expect or want him to, but he did know what she meant. Listening to… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Pain. I seem to have an affection, a kind of sweettooth for it. Bolts of lightning, little rivulets of thunder. And I… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
How soon country people forget. When they fall in love with a city it is forever, and it is like forever. As… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“Young people, Lord. Do they still call it infatuation? That magic ax that chops away the world in one blow, leaving only… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“She talked like that. But I understood what she meant. About having another you inside that isn't anything like you. Dorcas and… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Love is divine only and difficult always. If you think it is easy you are a fool. If you think it is… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“Let me tell you about love, that silly word you believe is about whether you like somebody or whether somebody likes you… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“When they fall in love with a city it is for forever. As though there never was a time when they didn't… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.” — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“In this here place, we flesh; flesh that weeps, laughs; flesh that dances on bare feet in grass. Love it. Love it… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“Beloved, she my daughter. She mine. See. She come back to me of her own free will and I don't have to… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“She knew Paul D was adding something to her life—something she wanted to count on but was scared to... His waiting eyes… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“Apparently he thought he deserved only to be loved--from a distance, though--and given what he wanted. And in return he would be… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
The children - I call them children when they're under 18 - are hungry for that love. The drugs are just a… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“He must rest his weight on his elbows when they make love, ostensibly to avoid hurting her breasts but actually to keep… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Would it be all right? Would it be all right to go ahead and feel? Go ahead and count on something? — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Perhaps that's what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it? — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
There, in the center of that silence was not eternity but the death of time and a loneliness so profound the word itself had… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
If you can't count, they can cheat you. If you can't read, they can beat you. — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“You looked at them and wondered why the were so ugly; you looked closely and could not find the source. Then you realized that… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
All she saw, down in the cellar well beneath the stoop, was a light yellow feather with a tip of green. And she had… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
For me, Art is the restoration of order. It may discuss all sort of terrible things, but there must be satisfaction at the end.… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“Hate does that. Burns off everything but itself, so whatever your grievance is, your face looks just like your enemy's.” — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“You know how a star is supposed to twinkle? We say twinkle because that is how it looks, but when a star feels itself,… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
