You looked at me then like you knew me, and I thought it really was Eden, and I couldn't take your eyes in because I was loving the hoof marks on your cheeks.


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if they put an iron circle around your neck I will bite it away
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There is a loneliness that can be rocked. Arms crossed, knees drawn up, holding, holding on, this mo...
TONI MORRISON
There's a difference between writing for a living and writing for
life. If you write for a livi...
TONI MORRISON
That anybody white could take your whole self for anything that came to mind. Not just work, kill, o...
TONI MORRISON
Along with the idea of romantic love, she was introduced to another--physical beauty. Probably the m...
TONI MORRISON
Sleep without the fragrance of her hair next to him was impossible.
TONI MORRISON
Listen, baby, people do funny things. Specially us. The cards are stacked against us and just trying...
TONI MORRISON
See? See what you can do? Never mind you can’t tell one letter from another, never mind you born a...
TONI MORRISON
Her passions were narrow but deep.
TONI MORRISON
God take what He would," she said. And He did, and He did, and He did and then gave her Halle who ga...
TONI MORRISON
And fantasy it was, for we were not strong, only aggressive; we were not free, merely licensed; we w...
TONI MORRISON
What I think the political correctness debate is really about is the power to be able to define. The...
TONI MORRISON
The human body is robust. It can gather strength when it's in mortal danger.
TONI MORRISON
Every sentence, every word, was new to them and they listened to what he said like bright-eyed raven...
TONI MORRISON
We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom.
TONI MORRISON
...the change was adjustment without improvement.
TONI MORRISON
Violet learned then what she had forgotten until this moment: that laughter is serious. More complic...
TONI MORRISON
We women, me and you. Tell me something real. Don’t just say I’m grown and ought to know. I don�...
TONI MORRISON
Being in the desert was brilliant and it was hard.
TONI COLLETTE
I'm a businesswoman who's serious about her money. I want an empire.
TONI BRAXTON
How do you know which path you should take? Take one and it will tell you if you've chosen wisely. I...
TONI SORENSON
Some of the most memorable paths I've taken have been detours.
TONI SORENSON
Treasures are not found where many feet have trampled. They are found along the paths that no one el...
TONI SORENSON
All paths eventually lead home.
TONI SORENSON
It may seem that you are on the path alone, but the light that guides you is coming from somewhere. ...
TONI SORENSON
How do you choose your paths? Who says you do? Sometimes the path chooses you.
TONI SORENSON
Nature makes the best paths that leads to the best places.
TONI SORENSON
..And i can't get you out of my mind,
God knows how hard I've tried
TONI BRAXTON
I think that the Japanese culture is one of the very few cultures left that is its own entity. They&...
TONI COLLETTE
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
My fears teach me courage. My weaknesses coach me to strength. My scars remind me not to make the sa...
TONI SORENSON
I can't record in the morning because I sound like Barry White.
TONI BRAXTON
I grew up watching a lot of American television and so the American sound has been in my psyche some...
TONI COLLETTE
Grammys, American Music Awards, successful albums, I'd pick my kids any day over any of it.
TONI BRAXTON
Until you believe you can do it, it's going to be difficult to convince anyone else you can do it.
TONI SORENSON
Weight loss doesn't begin in the gym with a dumb bell; it starts in your head with a decision.
TONI SORENSON
I'm not a diva. I'm a tadpole trying to be a frog.
TONI BRAXTON
I don't mind where I work, it's really nice to be able to travel around and taste the flavou...
TONI COLLETTE
The secret is not following the right path, it's following that right path to the end. Don't quit, m...
TONI SORENSON
The biggest surprise to people is that I sang background on Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' albu...
TONI TENNILLE
Over the last three years I've been broke, dumped, and pimped.
TONI BRAXTON
People are so fearful about opening themselves up. All you want to do is to be able to connect with ...
TONI COLLETTE
Take a discovery walk today to find what's missing in your life. There's peace in the whisper of the...
TONI SORENSON
Any woman can be a siren one minute and in pigtails the next. I am a very complex person with more t...
TONI TENNILLE
It's the largest tropical storm we've ever had, ... It's engulfed the entire state. This is going to...
TONI JENNINGS
I've never had a game plan. It's just if something comes along and it feels right in the mom...
TONI COLLETTE
After 'Muriel's Wedding,' I first went to America, and I was sent all these scripts abou...
TONI COLLETTE
Cameron and I actually do wear the same size, ... It made it very easy for the wardrobe department.
TONI COLLETTE
Hello, sex on legs
TONI ALEO
Discussions are ongoing, but we are not in a position to report any new developments.
TONI SIMONETTI
I believe in nurturing the inner world.
TONI COLLETTE
I just want to find some inner peace, and I think I'm getting there, slowly but surely.
TONI COLLETTE
Sylvia Day delivers readers to a fantasy world as unique as it is erotic! Ms. Day is an up-and-comin...
TONI BLAKE
Independent films have a certain freedom about them - there isn't so much at stake in terms of m...
TONI COLLETTE