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Toni Morrison
Geburtstag: 18. Februar 1931
Todesdatum: 5. August 2019
Toni Morrison ist eine amerikanische Schriftstellerin. Sie zählt zu den bedeutendsten Vertretern der afroamerikanischen Literatur und erhielt 1993 den Literaturnobelpreis.
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— Toni Morrison, Playing in the Dark
Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination
„If happiness is anticipation with certainty, we were happy.“
— Toni Morrison, buch The Bluest Eye
Quelle: The Bluest Eye
Nobel Prize Lecture (1993)
„But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer.“
— Toni Morrison, buch The Bluest Eye
Quelle: The Bluest Eye
— Toni Morrison, buch Song of Solomon
Quelle: Song of Solomon
— Toni Morrison, buch Song of Solomon
Quelle: Song of Solomon
— Toni Morrison, buch Beloved
Quelle: Beloved (1987), Ch. 26
„Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.“
— Toni Morrison, buch Beloved
Quelle: Beloved (1987), Ch. 9
Kontext: Bit by bit, at 124 and in the Clearing, along with others, she had claimed herself. Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.