Toni Morrison Opens ALA 2010, Delivers Quote of the Day

Toni Morrison signing books at the Opening General Session.

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Nobel Prize–winning author Toni Morrison capped a splendid Opening General Session at the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., yesterday with what has to be the quote of the year. After charming the audience with her recollections about the libraries of her youth, she noted her respect for the technology and the contemporary library, ending her speech with: “I’m grateful for your past because it is mine as well, and I am eager to help you secure your future because it is mine as well.”