I would solve a lot of literary problems just thinking about a character in the subway, where you can't do anything anyway. Toni Morrison characterliterarylot Change image and share on social
You marvel at the economy and this choice of words. How many ways can you describe the sky and the moon? After Sylvia Plath, what can you say? Toni Morrison choicedescribeeconomy Change image and share on social
Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all. Toni Morrison lovethin Change image and share on social
Everything I've ever done, in the writing world, has been to expand articulation, rather than to close it. Toni Morrison articulationcloseexpand Change image and share on social
Schools must stop being holding pens to keep energetic young people off the job market and off the streets. We stretch puberty out a long, long time. Toni Morrison energeticholdjob Change image and share on social
The unflattering reviews are painful for short periods of time; the badly written ones are deeply, deeply insulting. That reviewer took no time to really read the book. Toni Morrison badlybookdeeply Change image and share on social
A lot of black people believe that Jews in this country have become white. They behave like white people rather than Jewish people. Toni Morrison behaveblackcountry Change image and share on social
Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers. Toni Morrison americancallenjoy Change image and share on social
In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate. Toni Morrison americancountryhyphenate Change image and share on social
Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form. Toni Morrison artblackform Change image and share on social
