I have the wonderful pleasure of finishing the book and closing it. And I don't read them later.More Toni Morrison quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Bit by bit . . . she had claimed herself. Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.More Toni Morrison quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

In Tar Baby, the classic concept of the individual with a solid, coherent identity is eschewed for a model of identity which sees the individual as a kaleidoscope of heterogeneous impulses and desires, constructed from multiple forms of interaction with the world as a play of difference that cannot be completely comprehended.More Toni Morrison quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

They encouraged you to put some of your weight in their hands and soon as you felt how light and lovely it was, they studied your scars and tribulations...More Toni Morrison quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Did you ever see the way the clouds love a mountain? They circle all around it; sometimes you can't even see the mountain for the clouds. But you know what? ... The clouds never cover the head. His head pokes through, because the clouds let him; they don't wrap him up. They let him keep his head high, free.More Toni Morrison quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]