Anything is better than the silence when she answered to hands gesturing and was indifferent to the movement of lips. When she saw every little thing and colors leaped smoldering into view. She will forgo the most violent of sunsets, stars as fat as dinner plates and all the blood of autumn and settle for the palest yellow if it comes from her Beloved.
Toni Morrison
Silence, Love, Perception, Intimacy, Senses, Connection
Toni Morrison’s Quotes On Topics
Triumph | Feelings | End | Suffering | Existential Inquiry | Movement | Cultural Identity | Misery | Artistic Freedom | Friendship Contrast | Narrative Structure | Artistic Expression | Choice | World Perception | Air Metaphor | Revolution | Self Respect | Cultural Impact | Healing Journey | Resistance | More
More Toni Morrison Quotes
“Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.” Toni Morrison
Identity Ownership, Perspective Power, Self Definition, Ownership, Power, Definition
Toni Morrison Identity Ownership, Perspective Power, Self Definition, Ownership, Power, Definition“I wish I’d a knowed more people. I would of loved ’em all. If I’d a knowed more, I would a loved more.” Toni Morrison
Regret, Love, People, Reflection, Connection, Life
Toni Morrison Regret, Love, People, Reflection, Connection, Life“Everywhere, everywhere, children are the scorned people of the earth.” Toni Morrison
Childhood Struggles, Social Neglect, Global Injustice, Children, Struggle, Neglect
Toni Morrison Childhood Struggles, Social Neglect, Global Injustice, Children, Struggle, Neglect“An editor is like a priest or a psychiatrist; if you get the wrong one then you are better off alone.” Toni Morrison
Editing, Writing, Judgment, Creativity, Advice, Trust
Toni Morrison Editing, Writing, Judgment, Creativity, Advice, Trust“Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.” Toni Morrison
Familial Bond, Deep Love, Shared Identity, Family, Love, Identity
Toni Morrison Familial Bond, Deep Love, Shared Identity, Family, Love, Identity“Good editors are really the third eye. Cool. Dispassionate. They don’t love you or your work.” Toni Morrison
Editorial Perspective, Constructive Criticism, Objective Feedback, Editors, Perspective, Criticism
Toni Morrison Editorial Perspective, Constructive Criticism, Objective Feedback, Editors, Perspective, Criticism“My father saw two black men lynched on his street in Cartersville, as a child. And I think seeing two black businessmen – not vagrants – hanging from trees as a child was traumatic for him.” Toni Morrison
Racism, Trauma, History, Childhood, Legacy, Violence
Toni Morrison Racism, Trauma, History, Childhood, Legacy, Violence“The best art is political and you ought to be able to make it unquestionably political and irrevocably beautiful at the same time.” Toni Morrison
Art, Politics, Beauty, Expression, Creativity, Activism
Toni Morrison Art, Politics, Beauty, Expression, Creativity, Activism“There is an incredible amount of magic and feistiness in black men that nobody has been able to wipe out. But everybody has tried.” Toni Morrison
Black Men, Strength, Resilience, Power, Identity, Resistance
Toni Morrison Black Men, Strength, Resilience, Power, Identity, Resistance“I don’t think I knew any of my father’s friends – male friends – by their real names. I remember them only by their nicknames.” Toni Morrison
Identity, Family Dynamics, Social Relationships, Identity, Dynamics, Relationships
Toni Morrison Identity, Family Dynamics, Social Relationships, Identity, Dynamics, Relationships“I like marriage. The idea.” Toni Morrison
Marriage Concept, Personal Reflection, Social Bond, Marriage, Reflection, Bond
Toni Morrison Marriage Concept, Personal Reflection, Social Bond, Marriage, Reflection, Bond“He fell for an eighteen-year old girl with one of those deepdown spooky loves that made him so sad and happy he shot her just to keep the feeling going.” Toni Morrison
Love, Passion, Emotion, Tragedy, Youth, Desire
Toni Morrison Love, Passion, Emotion, Tragedy, Youth, Desire“I don’t believe any real artists have ever been non-political. They may have been insensitive to this particular plight or insensitive to that, but they were political, because that’s what an artist is-a politician.” Toni Morrison
Art, Politics, Artists, Expression, Cultural Impact, Social Awareness
Toni Morrison Art, Politics, Artists, Expression, Cultural Impact, Social Awareness“Let her go?′ asked Son, and he smiled a crooked smile. Let go the woman you had been looking for everywhere just because she was difficult? Because she had a temper, energy, ideas of her own and fought back? Let go a woman whose eyebrows were a study, whose face was enough to engage your attention all your life? Let go a woman who was not only a woman but a sound, all the music he had ever wanted to play, a world and a way of being in it? Let that go? ‘I can’t,’ he said. ‘I can’t.” Toni Morrison
Love, Attachment, Passion, Personal Connection, Struggles, Relationships
Toni Morrison Love, Attachment, Passion, Personal Connection, Struggles, Relationships“A man ain’t nothing but a man. But a son? Well, now, that’s somebody.” Toni Morrison
Family, Identity, Fatherhood, Relationships, Legacy, Manhood
Toni Morrison Family, Identity, Fatherhood, Relationships, Legacy, Manhood“Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are.” Toni Morrison
Racial Injustice, Youth Struggles, Social Inequality, Racism, Youth, Injustice
Toni Morrison Racial Injustice, Youth Struggles, Social Inequality, Racism, Youth, Injustice“Narrative is radical, creating us at the very moment it is being created.” Toni Morrison
Storytelling, Personal Identity, Radical Change, Storytelling, Identity, Change
Toni Morrison Storytelling, Personal Identity, Radical Change, Storytelling, Identity, Change“Those white things have taken all I had or dreamed,” she said, “and broke my heartstrings too. There is no bad luck in the world but whitefolks.” Toni Morrison
Cultural Oppression, Racial Suffering, Lost Dreams, Oppression, Racism, Misfortune
Toni Morrison Cultural Oppression, Racial Suffering, Lost Dreams, Oppression, Racism, Misfortune