The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power. – Toni Morrison
At some point in life the worlds beauty becomes enough. You dont need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough. – Toni Morrison
Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form. – Toni Morrison
Everybody gets everything handed to them. The rich inherit it. I dont mean just inheritance of money. I mean what people take for granted among the middle and upper classes, which is nepotism, the old-boy network. – Toni Morrison