Toni Morrison

Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do." Afterword by the Author(c)1993 ↗

— Toni Morrison

#the-bluest-eye #toni-morrison #beauty

But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#dreams #thruth #dreams

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

#death

For me, Art is the restoration of order. It may discuss all sort of terrible things, but there must be satisfaction at the end. A little bit of hunger, but also satisfaction. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#desire #inspirational #satisfaction #art

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

#racism #racism

Love is never any better than the lover. Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love a free man is never safe. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#people #the-bluest-eye #love

You looked at me then like you knew me, and I thought it really was Eden, and I couldn't take your eyes in because I was loving the hoof marks on your cheeks. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#love

Birth, life, and death -- each took place on the hidden side of a leaf. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#death

I'm interested in the way in which the past affects the present and I think that if we understand a good deal more about history, we automatically understand a great more about contemporary life. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#inspiration #inspirational

Love is divine only and difficult always. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#love