About the author Toni Morrison was a renowned American author born on February 18, 1931, in Lorain, Ohio. She was the second of four children and grew up in a semi-integrated area, experiencing racial discrimination. Morrison’s birth name was Chloe Anthony Wofford. She attended Howard University, where she experienced racial segregation and witnessed the divide… Read More »At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough
Tom Waits is an American musician, composer, songwriter, and actor. His music, a blend of rock, blues, jazz, and experimental techniques, often focuses on the underbelly of society, delivered in his trademark deep, gravelly voice. The quote is from the song “Take It With Me” from the album “Mule Variations” released in 1999. The song… Read More »All that you’ve loved is all that you own.
The quote was said by Will Rogers, a renowned American stage and motion picture actor, vaudeville performer, cowboy, humorist, newspaper columnist and social commentator of the early 20th century. In a world where materialism and ostentation were becoming rampant, Rogers voiced this sentiment to shed light on the irony of human behaviour. The quote is… Read More »Too many people spend money they haven’t earned
