All Toni Morrison Quotes
- Her mind traveled crooked streets and aimless goat paths, arriving sometimes at profundity, other times at the revelations of a three-year-old. Throughout this fresh, if… Aimless
- And fantasy it was, for we were not strong, only aggressive; we were not free, merely licensed; we were not compassionate, we were polite; not… Aggressive
- When they fall in love with a city, it is for forever and it is like forever. Cities
- In Ohio seasons are theatrical. Each one enters like a prima donna, convinced its performance is the reason the world has people in it. Convinced
- Sifting daylight dissolves the memory, turns it into dust motes floating in light. Beloved
- Where do you get the right to decide our lives? I'll tell you where. From that little hog's gut that hangs between your legs. Well,… Anything Else
- they ran in the sunlight, creating their own breeze which pressed their dresses into their damp skin. Reaching a kind of square of four locked… Breeze
- Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do. Beauty
- There's a difference between writing for a living and writing for life. If you write for a living, you make enormous compromises.... If you write… Compromise
- I laughed but before I could agree with the hairdressers that she was crazy, she said, 'What's the world for if you can't make it… Agree
- Love is never any better than the lover. Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but… Alone
- you got two feet, Sethe, not four." he said, and right then a forest sprang up between them; tactless and quiet. Feet
- I know it's trash: just another story made up to scare wicked females and correct unruly children. But it's all I have. I know I… All
- You looked at me then like you knew me, and I thought it really was Eden, and I couldn't take your eyes in because I… Cheeks
- At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough. No record… Beautiful
- When you gone to get married? You need to have some babies. It’ll settle you.' 'I don’t want to make somebody else. I want to… Babies
- Today is always here,' said Sethe. 'Tomorrow, never. Inspirational
- Never did he once consider directing his hatred toward the hunters. Such an emotion would have destroyed him ... His subconscious knew what his min… Ashes
- I wish I’d a knowed more people. I would of loved ‘em all. If I’d a knowed more, I would a loved more All
- We never shape the world . . . the world shapes us. Inspirational
- Much handled things are always soft(27). Always Soft
- She was the third beer. Not the first one, which the throat receives with almost tearful gratitude; nor the second, that confirms and extends the… Beer
- Love is divine only and difficult always. Difficult
- Hospitality is gold in this City; you have to be clever to figure out how to be welcoming and defensive at the same time. When… Case
- Sweet, she thought. He must think I can't bear to hear him say it. That after all I have told him and after telling me… All