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
A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves — a special kind of double. – 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
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