Body Quote by Toni Morrison

Perhaps that's what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?

— Toni Morrison

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

In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent.

— Toni Morrison

“Not know it was hard;knowing it was harder”

— Toni Morrison

“Didn’t everything on God’s earth have or acquire defense?”

— Toni Morrison

If you can't count, they can cheat you. If you can't read, they can beat you.

— Toni Morrison

“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

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

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

“To Sethe, the future was a matter of keeping the past at bay”

— Toni Morrison

“Hate does that. Burns off everything but itself, so whatever your grievance is, your face looks just like your enemy's.”

— Toni Morrison

“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