“The girl’s face was as tight and mean as broccoli.”
-Toni Morrison
The Simile Museum
Tag: Toni Morrison
August 2, 2016
“Valerian Street was mindful of their criticism, but completely indifferent to it. His grey eyes drifted over the face of such guests like a four o’clock shadow on its way to twilight.”
-Toni Morrison
April 13, 2015
“My daddy’s face is a study. Winter moves into it and presides there. His eyes become a cliff of snow threatening to avalanche; his eyebrows bend like black limbs of leafless trees.”
-Toni Morrison
August 8, 2014
“Sprawled near Brother, his flame-red tongue hidden from them, his indigo face closed, Sixo slept through dinner like a corpse.”
-Toni Morrison
