There, in the center of that silence was not eternity but the death of time and a loneliness so profound the word… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
I tell my students one of the most important things they need to know is when they are at their best, creatively.… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“All narrative begins for me as listening. When I read, I listen. When I write, I listen—for silence, inflection, rhythm, rest.” — 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… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
A dead language is not only one no longer spoken or written, it is unyielding language content to admire its own paralysis.… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
All of us--all who knew her--felt so wholesome after we cleaned ourselves on her. We were so beautiful when we stood astride… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“Anything is better than the silence when she answered to hands gesturing and was indifferent to the movement of lips. When she… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“Nowadays silence is looked on as odd and most of my race has forgotten the beauty of meaning much by saying little.… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write,… — 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
