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Toni Morrison quotes about life

American Novelist February 18, 1931

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Misner walked away from the pulpit, to the rear wall of the church. There he stretched, reaching up until he was able to unhook the cross that hung there. He carried it then, past the empty choir stall, past the organ where Kate sat, the chair where Pulliam was, on to the podium and held it before him for all to see - if only they would. . . . Without this sign, the believer's life was confined to praising God and taking the hits. The praise was credit; the hits were interest due on a debt... Toni Morrison
And even later, when for the first time in her life she had lain in bed with a man and said his name involuntarily or said it truly meaning him, the name she was screaming and saying was not his at all. Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison quote: "Birth, life, and death -- each took place on the hidden side..."
Birth, life, and death -- each took place on the hidden side of a leaf. Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison quote: "It's gonna hurt, now," said Amy. "anything dead coming back to..."
It's gonna hurt, now," said Amy. "anything dead coming back to life hurts. Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison quote: "Anything dead coming back to life hurts."
Anything dead coming back to life hurts. Toni Morrison
There's a difference between writing for a living and writing forlife. If you write for a living, you make enormous compromises.... If you write for life, you'll work hard; you'll do what's honest, not what pays Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison quote: "A writer's life and work are not a gift to humankind; they are..."
A writer's life and work are not a gift to humankind; they are its necessity. Toni Morrison
Shadrack rose and returned to the cot, where he fell into the first sleep of his new life. A sleep deeper than the hospital drugs; deeper than the pits of plums, steadier than the condor's wing; more tranquil than the curve of eggs. Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison quote: "We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language...."
We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives. Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison quote: "She wants you here as much as I do. For her it is to save her..."
She wants you here as much as I do. For her it is to save her life. For me it is to have one. Toni Morrison

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