All Toni Morrison Quotes
- There is a loneliness that can be rocked. Arms crossed, knees drawn up, holding, holding on, this motion, unlike a ship's, smooths and contains the… Alive
- I know what every colored woman in this country is doing... Dying. Just like me. But the difference is they dying like a stump. Me,… Colored
- Lonely was much better than alone. Alone
- Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous. Any
- They encouraged you to put some of your weight in their hands and soon as you felt how light and lovely it was, they studied… Encouraged
- Sweet, crazy conversations full of half sentences, daydreams and misunderstandings more thrilling than understanding could ever be. Conversation
- A dead hydrangea is as intricate and lovely as one in bloom. Bleak sky is as seductive as sunshine, miniature orange trees without blossom or… Bleak
- Sunk in the grass of an empty lot on a spring Saturday, I split the stems of milkweed and thought about ants and peach pits… Ants
- How come it can’t fly no better than a chicken?’ Milkman asked. Too much tail. All that jewelry weighs it down. Like vanity. Can’t nobody… All
- To get to a place where you could love anything you chose--not to need permission for desire--well now _that_ was freedom. Chose
- Love is never any better than the lover. Any
- It was becoming a habit-this concentration on things behind him. Almost as though there were no future to be had. *Milkman* Becoming
- When am I happy and when am I sad and what is the difference? What do I need to know to stay alive? What is… Alive
- He wants to put his story next to hers. Beloved
- There in the center of that silence was not eternity but the death of time and a loneliness so profound the word itself had no… Center
- The presence of evil was something to be first recognized, then dealt with, survived, outwitted, triumphed over. Dealt
- A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick. Dream
- ...when the little boy discovered, at four, the same thing Mr. Smith had learned earlier -- that only birds and planes could fly -- he… All
- It was a fine cry - loud and long - but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of… Bottom
- Anything dead coming back to life hurts. Coming