Toni Morrison

I get angry about things, then go on and work. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#angry #get #go #i #then

I merged those two words, black and feminist, because I was surrounded by black women who were very tough and and who always assumed they had to work and rear children and manage homes. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#assumed #because #black #children #feminist

Everything I've ever done, in the writing world, has been to expand articulation, rather than to close it. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#been #close #done #ever #everything

He leans over and takes her hand. With the other he touches her face. ‘You your best thing, Sethe. You are.’ His holding fingers are holding hers. ‘Me? Me? ↗

— Toni Morrison

#love

It's a bad word, 'belong.' Especially when you put it with somebody you love ... You can't own a human being. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#jealousy #love #ownership #freedom

You already alone. If you want more alone, I can knock you into the middle of next week, and leave you there. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#humor

How exquisitely human was the wish for permanent happiness, and how thin human imagination became trying to achieve it. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#human-condition #imagination

People say to write about what you know. I'm here to tell you, no one wants to read that, cos you don't know anything. So write about something you don't know. And don't be scared, ever. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#writing-advice

It's gonna hurt, now," said Amy. "anything dead coming back to life hurts. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#death #life #toni-morrison #death

A writer's life and work are not a gift to humankind; they are its necessity. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#life