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God take what He would,” she said. And He did, and He did, and He did and then gave her Halle who gave her freedom when it didn’t mean a thing.

Divine Will, Freedom Loss, Faith Struggles, Freedom, Faith, Loss

God take what He would” she said And He did

God take what He would” she said And He did

God take what He would” she said And He did

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“I learned much later to worship her, just as I learned to delight in cleanliness, knowing, even as I learned, that the change was adjustment without improvement.”

Growth, Change, Learning, Self-reflection, Wisdom, Experience

“She is convinced that when language dies, out of carelessness, disuse, indifference and absence of esteem, or killed by fiat, not only she herself, but all users and makers are accountable for its demise. In her country children have bitten their tongues off and use bullets instead to iterate the voice of speechlessness, of disabled and disabling language, of language adults have abandoned altogether as a device for grappling with meaning, providing guidance, or expressing love.”

Language, Cultural Loss, Social Commentary, Language, Loss, Commentary

“Everything bad that ever happened to him happened because he couldn’t read.”

Education, Literacy, Struggle, Opportunity, Growth, Knowledge

“Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form.”

Literary Art, Cultural Misrepresentation, Black Literature, Art, Literature, Culture

“At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough.”

Life Beauty, Present Acceptance, Artistic Simplicity, Beauty, Life, Acceptance

“The Thing to fear was the Thing that made her beautiful, and not us.”

Fear, Beauty, Jealousy, Insecurity, Relationships, Envy

“Sleep without the fragrance of her hair next to him was impossible.”

Love, Loss, Intimacy, Attachment, Memory, Heartache

“This is the time for every artist in every genre to do what he or she does loudly and consistently. It doesn’t matter to me what your position is. You’ve got to keep asserting the complexity and the originality of life, and the multiplicity of it, and the facets of it. This is about being a complex human being in the world, not about finding a villain. This is no time for anything else than the best that you’ve got.”

Artistic Responsibility, Human Complexity, Creative Expression, Artists, Life, Originality

“Love is divine only and difficult always. If you think it is easy you are a fool. If you think it is natural you are blind. It is a learned application without reason or motive except that it is God.”

Love Philosophy, Divine Love, Emotional Struggle, Philosophy, Love, Struggle

“It never looked as terrible as it was and it made her wonder if hell was a pretty place too. Fire and brimstone all right, but hidden in lacy groves.”

Hell, Perception, Beauty, Fire, Suffering, Reality

“This is precisely the time when artists go to work – not when everything is fine, but in times of dread. That’s our job!” Toni Morrison.”

Artistic Duty, Challenging Times, Creative Response, Artists, Duty, Times

“Whitepeople believed that whatever the manners, under every dark skin was a jungle. Swift unnavigable waters, swinging screaming baboons, sleeping snakes, red gums ready for their sweet white blood.”

Racial Perception, Colonial Attitudes, Cultural Stereotypes, Perception, Attitudes, Stereotypes

“God take what He would,” she said. And He did, and He did, and He did and then gave her Halle who gave her freedom when it didn’t mean a thing.”

Divine Will, Freedom Loss, Faith Struggles, Freedom, Faith, Loss

“There is really nothing more to say - except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.”

Existential Inquiry, Seeking Answers, Thoughtful Reflection, Inquiry, Answers, Reflection

“Our past is bleak. Our future dim. But I am not reasonable. A reasonable man adjusts to his environment. And unreasonable man does not. All progress, therefore, depends on the unreasonable man. I prefer not to adjust to my environment. I refuse the prison of “I” and choose the open spaces of “we”.”

Progress, Unreason, Change, Individualism, Leadership, Society

“Deep, deep trouble. Can’t rival the dead for love. Lose every time.”

Loss, Emotional Struggle, Love, Loss, Struggle, Love

“And I am all the things I have ever loved: scuppernong wine, cool baptisms in silent water, dream books and number playing.”

Personal Mosaic, Loved Memories, Poetic Reflection, Memories, Love, Reflection

“The body is ready to have babies. Nature wants it done then, when the body can handle it, not after 40, when the income can handle it.”

Motherhood Reflection, Biological Truth, Parenting Timing, Motherhood, Biology, Parenting

“What’s the world for you if you can’t make it up the way you want it?”

Creative Freedom, Personal Agency, Individual Choice, Freedom, Imagination, Agency

“To Sethe, the future was a matter of keeping the past at bay. The “better life” she believed she and Denver were living was simply not that other one.”

Past Struggles, Future Hope, Personal Sacrifice, Struggles, Hope, Sacrifice