Black people are victims of an enormous amount of violence. None of those things can take place without the complicity of the people who run the schools and the city. Toni Morrison amountblackcity 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
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
I merged those two words, black and feminist, because I was surrounded by black women who were very tough and and who always assumed they had to work and rear children and manage homes. Toni Morrison assumeblackchild Change image and share on social
Nelson Mandela is, for me, the single statesman in the world. The single statesman, in that literal sense, who is not solving all his problems with guns. It's truly unbelievable. Toni Morrison gunliteralmandela 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
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
I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it. Toni Morrison readwantwrite Change image and share on social
Everybody gets everything handed to them. The rich inherit it. I don't mean just inheritance of money. I mean what people take for granted among the middle and upper classes, which is nepotism, the old-boy network. Toni Morrison boyclassgrant share on social
One of my kids was born in 1968. There were going to be political difficulties, but they were never going to have that level of hatred and contempt that my brothers and my sister and myself were exposed to. Toni Morrison bearbrothercontempt share on social
