“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”

Toni Morrison

“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”

Toni Morrison

“We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.”

Toni Morrison

“Make up a story... For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show ...”

Toni Morrison

“She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order.”

Toni Morrison