I woke up this morning to the news that Toni Morrison has passed away. I was going to say "that the world has lost a truly great writer", but, thank god, she has left us words to savor and to roll around on our tongues and in our minds, and I am grateful. There's a lot I want to say when I can, but for now, I'll let those words speak for themselves.
“Our past is bleak. Our future dim. But I am not reasonable. A
reasonable man adjusts to his environment. An unreasonable man does not.
All progress, therefore, depends on the unreasonable man. I prefer not
to adjust to my environment. I refuse the prison of ‘I’ and choose the
open spaces of ‘we’.” - Toni Morrison, Mouth Full of Blood
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I've never read Mouth Full of Blood -- how did I miss it, so thank you for the quote....which is astonishing. As she was astonishing. Like you, so much to say, but unlike you, I'll probably be unable to say it. I look forward to your words. XO
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