“The visionary language of the doomed reaches heights of linguistic ardor with which language of the blessed and saved cannot compete.” ~ Toni Morrison, Paradise
Review: Paradise
Review: Beloved
“Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.”
~ Toni Morrison, Beloved
Review: Song of Solomon
“It's a bad word, 'belong.' Especially when you put it with somebody you love ... You can't own a human being.” ~ Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon
Review: The Bluest Eye
“Each member of the family in his own cell of consciousness, each making his own patchwork quilt of reality—collecting fragments of experience here, pieces of information there.” ~ Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye
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