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MoAhmose: Literature is insane bc every major discourse rn or perspective has someone that talked about it in depth/with possible solutions/or predicted it. Idk why but Toni Morrison was the final nail in the coffin for me like damn none of us have ever had a genuinely unique thought lol

tallwomanstan: Women named Toni>>> Morrison Cade Bambara Braxton…. All high quality gals.

aovmz: "You are your best thing." ― Toni Morrison. I am my best thing.

MeldenCasing: e publish jud namo ning kyle ang translated version namo sa Someone Leans Near ni Toni Morrison

AmericaHatesUs: “Take me out of it.” - Toni Morrison

rlwldnj: Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all. (Toni Morrison)

justcastellon: If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. —Toni Morrison

MsTerryMcMillan: I also have a first edition of Toni Morrison's TAR BABY published in 1981 which is worth $3,500 and I'm not selling it either.

MsTerryMcMillan: Save all first edition books you buy. I have a signed, 1st edition of Toni Morrison's THE BLUEST EYE I bought for $5.95 which is now worth $4,250.00 and I'm not selling it. My grandchild can have it.

DeedeeDazed: "The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction... Somebody says you have no language and you spend twenty years proving that you do. None of this is necessary. There will always be one more thing." —Toni Morrison

hjtherealj: A Florida school district banned Toni Morrison‘s The Bluest Eye in order to “err on the side of caution. Now, the Disney movie Ruby Bridges about the 6-year-old girl who endured racial heckling and harassment when she integrated New Orleans schools in the 1960s has been pulled.

biblioklept: *Best Books of 1973 Tournament* Semifinals, Match 2 Crash, J.G. Ballard vs Sula, Toni Morrison

aovmz: "Correct what you can; learn from what you can’t." — Toni Morrison.

golillybe: Toni Morrison, The Measure of Our Lives

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TessHo53551867: If you want to fly, you've got to give up the things that weigh you down." - Toni Morrison

Melohello: "Navigating a white male world was not threatening. It wasn't even interesting. I was more interesting than they were. I knew more than they did, and I wasn't afraid to show it. You have to be real tough and rely on yourself and tell people no." - Toni Morrison

AstralShivers: Trying to read Beloved by Toni Morrison for my English Lit class, & it's a struggle. Usually, I'm pretty quick & happy to read, but holy heck, not even through the first chapter & I just want to stop. I wish trigger warnings in book were used commonly cause I was not prepared.

theineffability: kind of obsessed with toni morrison’s original titles for her novels ‘paradise’ was titled ‘war’ before an editor changed it ‘god help the child’ was titled ‘the wrath of children’ ‘a mercy’ was titled ‘mercy’ before she added the article ‘a’ to emphasize a singular gesture

darmx_a: “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” — Toni Morrison

TheReclaimed: There are actual problems in this nation. Real tangible issues that need to be addressed. None of them involve: Drag shows Trans people Toni Morrison books DEI “Critical Race Theory” Sculptures Period talks Ruby Bridges or Rosa Parks Libraries Lift every voice Empathy Tiktok

ahsan398: “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” — Toni Morrison

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cstegman: These dipshits are out here banning Toni Morrison and Richard Wright novels from the school library, but doing absolutely jack shit about keeping kids from being shot to death in their classrooms

iamasterhealHER: “Love IS or it AINT. Thin love ain’t love at all” -Toni Morrison

lunaquarterly: There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal. - Toni Morrison

rlwldnj: Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all. (Toni Morrison)

Oclark38: I watched the Toni Morrison documentary on Netflix and she was the definition of "Unapologetically Black".

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lunaquarterly: We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives. - Toni Morrison

zymluv2022: Favorite quote from Toni Morrison

SanSip: On the alleged merits of “windowpane” prose: There was a famous moment when Oprah interviewed Toni Morrison and said that she sometimes had to go back and reread Morrison’s passages to understand them. “That's called reading, my dear," Morrison replied.

Bksandauthors: You can get shot at school but you can’t look at David or read Toni Morrison.

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TB_Times: The controversy follows a heated dispute earlier this year over the banning of Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” from all Pinellas high schools after one parent complained about a two-page rape scene.

drthomascoleman: So as a teacher with zero firearms training the GOP will trust me with a loaded gun in my class, but not a book written by Toni Morrison. Because that book would be too dangerous. Right. Right.

mua77725: Sweet, crazy conversations full of half sentences, daydreams and misunderstandings more thrilling than understanding could ever be.,Toni Morrison, Beloved,babyghosts, insanity, misunderstandings, sisters,

Lakwena_: "I am suggesting that we pay as much attention to our nurturing sensibilities as to our ambition. You are moving in the direction of freedom, and the function of freedom is to free somebody else." ~Toni Morrison

Lakwena_: The essay titled "Cinderella's Step sisters" from Toni Morrison's collection of essays, speeches and meditations 'The Source of Self Regard' inspired us to reflect on the fact that we are all products of a system, capable of causing harm intentionally or otherwise.

ruebytwo: toni morrison says the process of becoming an adult is not inevitable. its achievement is a difficult beauty, an intensely hard won glory which commercial forces and cultural vapidity should not be permitted to deprive you of. & that nothing is more gratifying than true adulthood

newrepublic: The decision to ban “Ruby Bridges” follows Pinellas County school officials’ banning high school students from reading “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison earlier this year, after just one parent complained.

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JamarThrasher: I’m rounding the bend on Toni Morrison’s “Jazz” and am forever grateful for her life and art. She’s my favorite writer!

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Ame0baRepublic: But they're not normative, because other people do not share them. However, it is likely you read Shakespeare in school, while reading someone like Toni Morrison may have been a choice. Bc change is choice, & conformity is inaction. What they mean is their choices are better.

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youngcairro: Watching this documentary about Toni Morrison , her work is so admirable …

ColmersLibrary: Toni Morrison (1931 – 2019) was the first black female editor at Random House Publishing, and the successful author of books such as Beloved, which critically examined racism. ‘If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.’

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GF57561665: Breaking Bengo - Why Not Us?There are many great writers in the world, but none quite like Bengo Blanco. His work is distinctly unique and calls to mind a mix of James Baldwin and Toni Morrison. Plus

AnantGuptaAG: Arundhati Roy: "I have tried to learn my craft not only from politically irreproachable writers like Toni Morrison and James Baldwin, but also from imperialists like Kipling, and from bigots, racists, troublemakers and rascals who write beautifully."

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Baldwin10886181: Looking for books written by women authors? Here are some to check out: - The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath - Beloved by Toni Morrison - The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

stomoe7375: The author Toni Morrison once said there would come a time in America when singing a song would be illegal. Her books have been banned. Parents and Teachers Protest After School District Bans Rainbow Songs

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