Toni Morrison Quotes About Lying

• No gasp at a miracle that is truly miraculous because the magic lies in the fact that you knew it was there for you all along.

  Toni Morrison

  Lying, Miracle, Magic

• She learned the intricacy of loneliness: the horror of color, the roar of soundlessness and the menace of familiar objects lying still.

  Toni Morrison

  Loneliness, Lying, Color

• Y era una fantasía, porque no éramos fuertes, sino agresivos; no éramos libres, sino autorizados; no éramos compasivos, sino educados; no éramos buenos, sino educados. Cortejábamos a la muerte para llamarnos valientes y nos escondíamos de la vida como ladrones. Sustituimos la buena gramática por el intelecto; cambiamos los hábitos para simular madurez; reordenamos la mentira y la llamamos verdad, viendo en el nuevo patrón de una vieja idea la Revelación y la Palabra.

  Toni Morrison

  Strong, Lying, Maturity

  Toni Morrison (2014). "The Bluest Eye", p.161, Random House

• They held hands and knew that only the coffin would lie in the earth; the bubbly laughter and the press of fingers in the palm would stay aboveground forever. At first, as they stood there, their hands were clenched together. They relaxed slowly until during the walk back home their fingers were laced in as gentle a clasp as that of any two young girlfriends trotting up the road on a summer day wondering what happened to butterflies in the winter.

  Toni Morrison

  Summer, Girlfriend, Laughter

  Toni Morrison (1987). "Sula"

• ...a habit that had become one of those necessary things for the night... surely a body-friendly if not familiar-lying next to you. Someone whose touch is a reassurance, not an affront or a nuissance. Whose heavy breathing neither enrages nor discusts you, but amuses you like that of a cherished pet.

  Toni Morrison

  Lying, Night, Breathing

  Toni Morrison (1992). “Jazz”, Alfred a Knopf Inc

• The vitality of language lies in its ability to limn the actual, imagined and possible lives of its speakers, readers, writers.

  Toni Morrison

  Lying, Vitality, Language

  Conferencia del Premio Nobel de Literatura, pronunciada el 7 de diciembre de 1993

• The seeds of destruction lie in the definition of "chosen-ness" and can easily blossom into bigotry. It's not inevitable but it needs constant care to avoid.

  Toni Morrison

  Lying, Needs, Care

  Fuente: www.bookbrowse.com

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