Birth, life, and death― each took place on the hidden side of a leaf.More Toni Morrison quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

For a long time I was convinced that the conflict between Jewish people and black people in this country was a media event.More Toni Morrison quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

When a child walks in the room, your child or anybody else’s child, do your eyes light up? That’s what they’re looking for.More Toni Morrison quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Listening to the doves in Alfred, Georgia, and having neither the right nor the permission to enjoy it because in that place mist, doves, sunlight, copper dirt, moon-everything belonged to the men who had the guns. . . . So you protected yourself and loved small. . . . A woman, a child, a brother-a big love like that would split you wide open in Alfred, Georgia. . . . To get to a place where you could love anything you chose-not to need permission for desire-well now, that was freedomMore Toni Morrison quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

I think being an editor really helped me take other people's notes on my writing. I'd get a note like 'It's too wet' or 'The first couple chapters are good, but then the rest of the pages were so wet that they were completely illegible' or 'Did you dip this in Sprite? This smells like Sprite. Why would you dip your novel in Sprite?' And instead of pushing back, I'd listen. That's an incredibly important skill for a young writer to have.More Toni Morrison quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]