Nobel- and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison‘s novels include The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, Beloved, and A Mercy. I’ve lately been reading her God Help the Child, so here you go:
From Toni Morrison’s God Help the Child:
“I don’t think many people appreciate silence or realize that it is as close to music as you can get.”
“So this is what insanity is. Not goofy behavior, but watching a sudden change in the world you used to know.”
“No matter how hard we try to ignore it, the mind always knows truth and wants clarity.”
“The sun and the moon shared the horizon in a distant friendship, each unfazed by the other.”
“Correct what you can; learn from what you can’t.”
I especially love that last one, such perfect advice. – Meg
