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.


Jazz (ed. Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1992)

Toni Morrison Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...