They encouraged you to put some of your weight in their hands and soon as you felt how light and lovely it was, they studied your scars and tribulations.
Toni MorrisonA lot of black people believe that Jews in this country have become white. They behave like white people rather than Jewish people.
Toni MorrisonI began to realize that this idea of the lighter the better and the darker the worse was really - had an impact on sororities, on friendships, on all sorts of things, and it was stunning to me.
Toni Morrison