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Toni Morrison quotes

American Novelist February 18, 1931

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Toni Morrison quote: "I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it."
I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it. Toni Morrison
...a habit that had become one of those necessary things for the night... surely a body-friendly if not familiar-lying next to you. Someone whose touch is a reassurance, not an affront or a nuissance. Whose heavy breathing neither enrages nor discusts you, but amuses you like that of a cherished pet. Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison quote: "A son ain't what a woman say. A son is what a man do."
A son ain't what a woman say. A son is what a man do. Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison quote: "The real hell of Hell is that it is forever.' Sula said that...."
The real hell of Hell is that it is forever.' Sula said that. She said doing anything forever and ever was hell. Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison quote: "Carefully they replaced the soil and covered the entire grave..."
Carefully they replaced the soil and covered the entire grave with uprooted grass. Neither one had spoken a word. Toni Morrison
In becoming an American, from Europe, what one has in common with that other immigrant is contempt for me-it's nothing else but color. Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison quote: "Her heart kicked and an itchy burning in her throat made her..."
Her heart kicked and an itchy burning in her throat made her swallow all her saliva away. She didn't know which way to go. Toni Morrison
I'm a Midwesterner, and everyone in Ohio is excited. I'm also a New Yorker, and a New Jerseyan, and an American, plus I'm an African-American, and a woman. I know it seems like I'm spreading like algae when I put it this way, but I'd like to think of the prize being distributed to these regions and nations and races. Toni Morrison
the loss pressed down on her chest and came up into her throat. it was a fine cry -- loud and long -- but it had no bottom and no top, just circles and circles of sorrow. Toni Morrison
It's been mentioned or suggested that Paradise will not be well studied, because it's about this unimportant intellectual topic, which is religion. Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison quote: "You revel in the smoke that the words send up."
You revel in the smoke that the words send up. Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison quote: "Everything I've ever done, in the writing world, has been to..."
Everything I've ever done, in the writing world, has been to expand articulation, rather than to close it. Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison quote: "Lay my head on the railroad line. Train come along; pacify my..."
Lay my head on the railroad line. Train come along; pacify my mind. Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison quote: "There is no bad luck in the world but whitefolks"
There is no bad luck in the world but whitefolks Toni Morrison
Certain seeds it will not nurture, certain fruit it will not bear and when the land kills of its own volition, we acquiesce and say the victim had no right to live Toni Morrison

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