Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another. Toni Morrison claimfreeownership Change image and share on social
The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power. Toni Morrison abilityfamiliarfamiliarize Change image and share on social
I don't think a female running a house is a problem, a broken family. It's perceived as one because of the notion that a head is a man. Toni Morrison breakfamilyfemale Change image and share on social
She is a friend of mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order. It's good, you know, when you got a woman who is a friend of your mind. Toni Morrison backfriendgather Change image and share on social
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 intellectualmentionparadise Change image and share on social
I'm not entangled in shaping my work according to other people's views of how I should have done it. Toni Morrison entanglepeopleshape Change image and share on social
The body is ready to have babies. Nature wants it done then, when the body can handle it, not after 40, when the income can handle it. Toni Morrison babybodyhandle Change image and share on social
If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. Toni Morrison bookreadwrite Change image and share on social
My children are delightful people, whom I would love even if they weren't my children. Toni Morrison childdelightfullove Change image and share on social
When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same. Toni Morrison painword Change image and share on social
