Regret and Acceptance
I don't regret my mistakes. They made me who I am. But there are things I wish I could reconsider.
Toni Morrison
American writer, Nobel Prize laureate, author of 'Beloved' and explorer of African-American experience.
All moments: Toni Morrison
- The Voice of the Oppressed — Toni Morrison
I write for people whose voices were silenced. Literature gives them a chance to be heard.
- Literary Legacy — Toni Morrison
Literature is a bridge between generations. Through books, we commune with ancestors and with the future.
- Memory as Salvation — Toni Morrison
Memory is our salvation. When we forget history, we lose ourselves and our identity.
- Love as Redemption — Toni Morrison
Love is one of the few forces capable of saving us from ourselves.
- Books as Acts of Resistance — Toni Morrison
Each of my books is an act of resistance against oblivion and falsehood.
- Race and Humanity — Toni Morrison
Race is a category invented by humans. But humanity is a reality that unites us all.
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