Toni Morrison
American · 1931–2019
American novelist and Nobel laureate whose lyrical, unflinching works illuminated the African American experience and the legacy of slavery.
Wikipedia ↗“You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.”
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Song of Solomon ↗ (1977)
“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
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Ohio Arts Council Address ↗ (1981)
“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”
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Beloved ↗ (1987)
“Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.”
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Beloved ↗ (1987)
“In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.”
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