A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves, a special kind of double.

Quote by Toni Morrison

Topics: Sisterhood Quotes

The unflattering reviews are painful for short periods of time; the badly written ones are...

The unflattering reviews are painful for short periods of time; the badly written ones are...

Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.

Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.

Too much tail. All that jewelry weighs it down. Like vanity. Can't nobody fly with...

Too much tail. All that jewelry weighs it down. Like vanity. Can't nobody fly with...

No one ever talks about the moment you found that you were white. Or the...

No one ever talks about the moment you found that you were white. Or the...

Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were...

Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were...

Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers.

Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers.

I get angry about things, then go on and work.

I get angry about things, then go on and work.

As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.

As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.

If you're going to hold someone down you're going to have to hold on by...

If you're going to hold someone down you're going to have to hold on by...

Everywhere, everywhere, children are the scorned people of the earth.

Everywhere, everywhere, children are the scorned people of the earth.

I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.

I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.

The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange...

The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange...

When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.

When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.

One of my kids was born in 1968. There were going to be political difficulties,...

One of my kids was born in 1968. There were going to be political difficulties,...

In becoming an American, from Europe, what one has in common with that other immigrant...

In becoming an American, from Europe, what one has in common with that other immigrant...

There is nothing of any consequence in education, in the economy, in city planning, in...

There is nothing of any consequence in education, in the economy, in city planning, in...

There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle,...

There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle,...

The loneliest woman in the world is the woman without a close woman friend.

The loneliest woman in the world is the woman without a close woman friend.

Look for the woman in the dress. If there is no woman, there is no...

Look for the woman in the dress. If there is no woman, there is no...

Does being a feminist mean that I believe that I'm as good as any man?...

Does being a feminist mean that I believe that I'm as good as any man?...