Toni Morrison Quotes

Toni Morrison Quote of the day

No gasp at a miracle that is truly miraculous because the magic lies in the fact that you knew it was there for you all along.

Good for you. More it hurt more better it is. Can't nothing heal without pain, you know.

You know, the kind who know Jesus by His first name, but out of politeness never use it even to His face.

Nobody loves the head of a dandelion. Maybe because they are so many, strong, and soon.

It's gonna hurt, now, " said Amy. "anything dead coming back to life hurts.

Black women were armed, black women were dangerous and the less money they had the deadlier the weapon they chose.

Beauty was not simply something to behold

If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.- Toni Morrison

…he didn’t needs words or even want them because he knew how they could lie, could heat your blood and disappear.

Poison is like the drowned

Not know it was hard

Not knowing it was hard

...maybe you think up North is way different from down South. Don't believe it and don't count on it. Custom is just as real as law and can be just as dangerous.

Write at the edges of the day.

Violet learned then what she had forgotten until this moment: that laughter is serious. More complicated, more serious than tears.