There in the center of that silence was not eternity but the death of time and a loneliness so profound the word itself had no meaning.More Toni Morrison quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief's wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear's caul.More Toni Morrison quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Like friendship, hatred needed more than physical intimacy; it wanted creativity and hard work to sustain itselfMore Toni Morrison quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Being able to laugh got me through.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]