Memory as Salvation
Memory is our salvation. When we forget history, we lose ourselves and our identity.
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.
- Regret and Acceptance — Toni Morrison
I don't regret my mistakes. They made me who I am. But there are things I wish I could reconsider.
- 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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