A terrible sadness threatened to overwhelm me as I wondered how two people capable of such love for each other had eventually felt so little for the child they had produced between them.
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The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to ... TONI MORRISON In this here place, we flesh; flesh that weeps, laughs; flesh that dances on bare feet in grass. Lov... TONI MORRISON Of course I'm a black writer. I'm not just a black writer, but categories like black writer, woman w... 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 Sweet, crazy conversations full of half sentences, daydreams and misunderstandings more thrilling th... TONI MORRISON 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 Anger ... it's a paralyzing emotion ... you can't get anything done. People sort of think it's an in... TONI MORRISON ..And i can't get you out of my mind, God knows how hard I've tried TONI BRAXTON You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down. TONI MORRISON When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same. TONI MORRISON How soon country people forget. When they fall in love with a city it is forever, and it is like for... TONI MORRISON There is really nothing more to say except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take ... TONI MORRISON The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the f... TONI MORRISON You think because he doesn't love you that you are worthless. You think that because he doesn't want... TONI MORRISON I think that the Japanese culture is one of the very few cultures left that is its own entity. They&... TONI COLLETTE Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers. TONI MORRISON The better you know yourself, the better your relationship with the rest of the world. TONI COLLETTE Actually, the year 2000 is our 25th anniversary of doing Captain & Tennille. I can't believe... TONI TENNILLE I love holidays. It's such a wonderful time for the whole family to be together and not have to ... TONI COLLETTE I think that beauty can injure you to death. It can cause an injury that can never be cured. Or it c... TONI SERVILLO Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another. TONI MORRISON He licked his lips. ‘Well, if you want my opinion-‘ ‘I don’t, ‘ She said. ‘I have m... TONI MORRISON If you're going to hold someone down you're going to have to hold on by the other end of the... TONI MORRISON My fears teach me courage. My weaknesses coach me to strength. My scars remind me not to make the sa... TONI SORENSON Nowadays silence is looked on as odd and most of my race has forgotten the beauty of meaning much by... TONI MORRISON You can't own a human being. You can't lose what you don't own. Suppose you did own him. Could you r... TONI MORRISON Somebody has to take responsibility for being a leader. TONI MORRISON I merged those two words, black and feminist, because I was surrounded by black women who were very ... TONI MORRISON