She left me the way people leave a hotel room. A hotel room is a place to be when you are doing something else. Of itself it is of no consequence to one's major scheme. A hotel room is convenient. But its convenience is limited to the time you need it while you are … Continue reading Quote for Today: Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison
Quote for Today: Toni Morrison
And in all those escapes he could not help being astonished by the beauty of this land that was not his. He hid in its breast, fingered its earth for food, clung to its banks to lap water and tried not to love it. On nights when the sky was personal, weak with the weight … Continue reading Quote for Today: Toni Morrison
Visible and Invisible Chains: Toni Morrison’s Beloved
How do people survive horrible experiences? In Beloved, Toni Morrison gives an illustration of resilience and how fragile it is. When good hearted Paul D. appears on Sethe's porch one day in 1873 neither has any idea how his arrival will shake their lives and their Ohio community. It isn't that he carries a secret. It is … Continue reading Visible and Invisible Chains: Toni Morrison’s Beloved