Toni Morrison Quotes

I Am Charmed By The Idea That There Is An Activity Known As Work And Another As Play, Although Even In Grade School The Distinction Eluded Me. I Remember How Full Of Hope I Was Sitting In First-period Home Room Listening To The Teacher Divide Up Our Activities Into Purposeful Sections. I Got A Grip On Her Process, At Last, By Picturing It In The Following Way: A Cow Stands In Clover. When She Is Milked, That Is Her Work; When She Is Merely Eating, That Is Her Play. But The Problem Lay, Then As Now, In The Realization That, In Any Case, She Is Standing In Clover. Not A Handsome Or Elegant Analogy, But It Approximates For Me The Habit Of Reading - Standing In A World Of Clover, The Eating Of Which Is Occasionally Utilitarian, Usually Nourishing, Because That's What One Does

Toni Morrison Quotes: I Am Charmed By The Idea That There Is An Activity Known As Work And Another As Play, Although Even

Toni Morrison Quotes: I Am Charmed By The Idea That There Is An Activity Known As Work And Another As Play, Although Even

Toni Morrison Quotes: I Am Charmed By The Idea That There Is An Activity Known As Work And Another As Play, Although Even

Toni Morrison Quotes: I Am Charmed By The Idea That There Is An Activity Known As Work And Another As Play, Although Even

Toni Morrison Quotes: I Am Charmed By The Idea That There Is An Activity Known As Work And Another As Play, Although Even

Toni Morrison Quotes: I Am Charmed By The Idea That There Is An Activity Known As Work And Another As Play, Although Even

Toni Morrison Quotes: I Am Charmed By The Idea That There Is An Activity Known As Work And Another As Play, Although Even

Toni Morrison Quotes: I Am Charmed By The Idea That There Is An Activity Known As Work And Another As Play, Although Even

Toni Morrison Quotes: I Am Charmed By The Idea That There Is An Activity Known As Work And Another As Play, Although Even

Toni Morrison Quotes: I Am Charmed By The Idea That There Is An Activity Known As Work And Another As Play, Although Even

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