I'm always annoyed about why black people have to bear the brunt of everybody else's contempt. If we are not totally understanding and smiling, suddenly we're demons.
Toni MorrisonBlack people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.
Toni MorrisonThere in the center of that silence was not eternity but the death of time and a loneliness so profound the word itself had no meaning.
Toni MorrisonThe language must be careful and must appear effortless. It must not sweat. It must suggest and be provocative at the same time.
Toni Morrison