The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

2020, book #13: “ Love is never any better than the lover. Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe. There is no gift for the beloved. “ — Toni Morrison

Finished on February 22, 2020

My sister, Julia, loved this book. She told me that it was a must read. There was no debate. It was already a done deal. Case closed. I needed to read this book and I’m glad that I did. While the characters of this book as a whole were not particularly important to me, the underlying messages were powerful and essential for me to spend time understanding and empathizing.

This is so beautifully explained. It’s spot on. I’ve been in love before — maybe even a few times I think. But honestly reflecting here, I think that much of that love was physcial, at least at first. Human thought is dangerous for sure. It allows you to spend time thinking about the what if’s and the shoulda coulda woulda’s. This leads to things like comparison, competition, and discouragement or second-guessing.