You have pissed your last in this house . . . and I don't make velvet roses anymore.
("Song of Solomon")
More Quotes from Toni Morrison:
(Love) is easily the most empty clich, the most useless word, and at the same time the most powerful human emotionbecause hatred is involved in it, too.Toni Morrison
He wants to put his story next to hers.
Toni Morrison
I had only one desire: to dismember it. To see of what it was made, to discover the dearness, to find the beauty, the desirability that had escaped me, but apparently only me.
Toni Morrison
I don't think anybody cares about unwed mothers unless they're black or poor. The question is not morality, the question is money. That's what we're upset about.
Toni Morrison
It never looked as terrible as it was and it made her wonder if hell was a pretty place too. Fire and brimstone all right, but hidden in lacy groves.
Toni Morrison
She missed -- without knowing what she missed-- paints and crayons
Toni Morrison
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.William Butler Yeats
Actresses can get outrageously precious about the way they look. That's not what life's about. If you starve yourself to the point where your brain cells shrivel, you will never do good work. And if you're overly conscious of your arms flapping in the wind, how can you look the other actor in the eye to respond to them?
Cate Blanchett
I'd like to cut down on the work a little bit.
James Brown