Toni Morrison is an award-winning American novelist, editor and professor. She was born in a modest family and her interest in writing was cultivated by her parents. She attended the University of Howard to pursue her passion for literature. She started off her career as a professor of English at Howard for the next seven years. During this period she had befriended a group of writers inside the university and started writing her first novel with them. She then moved to New York to work as a senior editor at a renowned publishing house. Her debut novel ‘The Bluest Eye’ brought her modest success but her next book ‘Sula’ was a huge hit. It was well–accepted by the masses and was nominated for the ‘American Book Award’. She followed up with various books to enhance her reputation as a writer. Her books were very expressive in depicting black America. Her significant contributions to the literary world have been honored with various awards including the most renowned ‘Noble Prize’ and ‘Pulitzer Prize’. Go through these quotes and thoughts by the acclaimed writer which tends to hold a very deep meaning. Take a look at the famous collection of quotations and sayings by Toni Morrison that convey a powerful message on race, friendship, labels, love and life.
In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
Toni Morrison
Lonely, ain't it?
Yes, but my lonely is mine. Now your lonely is somebody else's. Made by somebody else and handed to you. Ain't that something? A secondhand lonely.
All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
[Conversation with Elizabeth Farnsworth, PBS NewsHour, March 9, 1998]
Toni Morrison
If they put an iron circle around your neck I will bite it away
![All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
[Conversation with Elizabeth Farnsworth, PBS NewsHour, March 9, 1998]](https://quotes.thefamouspeople.com/images/quotes/toni-morrison-54161.jpg)
