There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.

Quote by Toni Morrison

Topics: Questioning Quotes

I don't think anybody cares about unwed mothers unless they're black or poor. The question...

I don't think anybody cares about unwed mothers unless they're black or poor. The question...

I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can't teach vision or...

I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can't teach vision or...

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...

We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may...

We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may...

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,...

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

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

I always looked upon the acts of racist exclusion, or insult, as pitiable, from the...

I always looked upon the acts of racist exclusion, or insult, as pitiable, from the...

A lot of black people believe that Jews in this country have become white. They...

A lot of black people believe that Jews in this country have become white. They...

For a long time I was convinced that the conflict between Jewish people and black...

For a long time I was convinced that the conflict between Jewish people and black...

Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers.

Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers.

My children are delightful people, whom I would love even if they weren't my children.

My children are delightful people, whom I would love even if they weren't my children.

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 there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written...

If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written...

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...

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.

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 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,...

Beware the man of one book.

Beware the man of one book.

All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books...

All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books...

It wasn't until the Nobel Prize that they really thawed out. They couldn't understand my...

It wasn't until the Nobel Prize that they really thawed out. They couldn't understand my...