No one ever talks about the moment you found that you were white. Or the moment you found out you were black. That's a profound revelation. The minute you find that out, something happens. You have to renegotiate everything.

Quote by Toni Morrison

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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,...

You marvel at the economy and this choice of words. How many ways can you...

You marvel at the economy and this choice of words. How many ways can you...

I don't think a female running a house is a problem, a broken family. It's...

I don't think a female running a house is a problem, a broken family. It's...

Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form.

Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form.

If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.

If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.

The body is ready to have babies. Nature wants it done then, when the body...

The body is ready to have babies. Nature wants it done then, when the body...

If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet,...

If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet,...

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.

In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.

In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.

Make a difference about something other than yourselves.

Make a difference about something other than yourselves.

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet,...

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet,...

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.

Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are...

Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are...

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...

Everybody gets everything handed to them. The rich inherit it. I don't mean just inheritance...

Everybody gets everything handed to them. The rich inherit it. I don't mean just inheritance...

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...

Everything I've ever done, in the writing world, has been to expand articulation, rather than...

Everything I've ever done, in the writing world, has been to expand articulation, rather than...

Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to...

Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to...

Black History Month must be more than just a month of remembrance; it should be...

Black History Month must be more than just a month of remembrance; it should be...

Happy Black History Month! Thank my ancestors for providing a firm foundation for me and...

Happy Black History Month! Thank my ancestors for providing a firm foundation for me and...