Toni Morrison

“Don’t tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief’s wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear’s caul.”
– Toni Morrison

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

“As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.”
– Toni Morrison

“To get to a place where you could love anything you chose – not to need permission for desire – well now that was freedom.”
– Toni Morrison

“Anger…it’s a paralyzing emotion…you can’t get anything done. People sort of think it’s an interesting, passionate, and igniting feeling — I don’t think it’s any of that — it’s helpless…”
– Toni Morrison

“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.”
– Toni Morrison

“Writing is really a way of thinking – not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.”
– Toni Morrison