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No gasp at a miracle that is truly miraculous because the magic lies in the fact that you knew it was there for you all — Toni Morrison
It's gonna hurt, now," said Amy. "anything dead coming back to life hurts. — Toni Morrison
I never asked Tolstoy to write for me, a little colored girl in Lorain, Ohio. I never asked [James] Joyce not to mention — Toni Morrison
But it wasn't all bad. Sometimes things wasn't all bad. He used to come home easing into bed sometimes, not too drunk. I — Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye
Black women were armed, black women were dangerous and the less money they had the deadlier the weapon they chose. — Toni Morrison, Jazz
Beauty was not simply something to behold — it was something one could do.
If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.- Toni Morrison — Sean Liburd
Good for you. More it hurt more better it is. Can't nothing heal without pain, you know. — Toni Morrison, Beloved
…he didn’t needs words or even want them because he knew how they could lie, could heat your blood and disappear. — Toni Morrison, Jazz
Poison is like the drowned — it always floats.
I don’t want to be a free nigger; I want to be a free man.”“Don’t we all. Look. Be what you want--- white or black. Choo — Toni Morrison, Jazz
I think that’s what Toni Morrison and Alice Walker understand, the secret language of women. That it’s not a secret at a — Marlon James
You know, the kind who know Jesus by His first name, but out of politeness never use it even to His face. — Toni Morrison, Beloved
Not know it was hard — knowing it was harder
Not knowing it was hard — knowing it was harder.
I laughed but before I could agree with the hairdressers that she was crazy, she said, 'What's the world for if you can' — Toni Morrison, Jazz
...maybe you think up North is way different from down South. Don't believe it and don't count on it. Custom is just as — Toni Morrison, Home
Nobody loves the head of a dandelion. Maybe because they are so many, strong, and soon. — Toni Morrison
We women, me and you. Tell me something real. Don’t just say I’m grown and ought to know. I don’t. I’m fifty and I don’t — Toni Morrison, Jazz
Write at the edges of the day. — Toni Morrison