“After all that carryin' on just gettin' him out and keepin' him alive he wanted to crawl back in my womb and… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“Shadrack rose and returned to the cot, where he fell into the first sleep of his new life. A sleep deeper than… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“Carefully they replaced the soil and covered the entire grave with uprooted grass. Neither one had spoken a word.” — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“...Sula was wrong. Hell ain't things lasting forever. Hell is change." Not only did men leave and children grow up and die,… — 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
