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American Novelist February 18, 1931

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Toni Morrison quote: "Shallow believers prefer a shallow God."
Shallow believers prefer a shallow God. Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison quote: "But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should..."
But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer. Toni Morrison
When I write, I don't translate for white readers.... Dostoevski wrote for a Russian audience, but we're able to read him. If I'm specific, and I don't overexplain, then anyone can overhear me. Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison quote: "Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country..."
Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war. Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison quote: "Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as..."
Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form. Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison quote: "I get angry about things, then go on and work."
I get angry about things, then go on and work. Toni Morrison
I always looked upon the acts of racist exclusion, or insult, as pitiable, for the other person. I never absorbed that. I always thought that there was something deficient about such people. Toni Morrison
Black people are victims of an enormous amount of violence. None of those things can take place without the complicity of the people who run the schools and the city. Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison quote: "Was it hard? I hope she didn't die hard.'Sethe shook her..."
Was it hard? I hope she didn't die hard.'Sethe shook her head. 'Soft as cream. Being alive was the hard part. Toni Morrison
He read greedily but understood selectively, choosing the bits and pieces of other men's ideas that supported whatever predilection he had at the moment. Toni Morrison
No one ever talks about the moment you found that you were white. Or the moment you found out you were black. That's a profound revelation. The minute you find that out, something happens. You have to renegotiate everything. Toni Morrison
Well, it probably won't live. They say the way her mama beat her she lucky to be alive herself. She be lucky if it don't live. Bound to be the ugliest thing walking. Can't help but be. Ought to be a law: two ugly people doubling up like that to make more ugly. Be better off in the ground. Well, I wouldn't worry none. It be a miracle if it live. Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison quote: "I'm not entangled in shaping my work according to other..."
I'm not entangled in shaping my work according to other people's views of how I should have done it. Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison quote: "I like marriage. The idea."
I like marriage. The idea. Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison quote: "A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick."
A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick. Toni Morrison

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