#22: Toni Morrison, Jazz
(possible spoilers below)
But I can’t say that aloud; I can’t tell anyone that I have been waiting for this all my life and that being chosen to wait is the reason I can. If I were able I’d say it. Say make me, remake me. You are free to do it and I am free to let you because look, look. Look where your hands are. Now.  
This is my favorite quote from Jazz. Morrison is one of my favorite authors, but the thing I like most about Jazz is its interesting way of handling voices, language, characters and meta-elements. The main storyline of the novel is told through many different voices, and contains elements of stream-of-consciousness. The best part of the book, however, is the end (quoted above) in which the book starts to talk to the reader, and directly addresses the reader, “Look where your hands are.”

#22: Toni Morrison, Jazz

(possible spoilers below)

But I can’t say that aloud; I can’t tell anyone that I have been waiting for this all my life and that being chosen to wait is the reason I can. If I were able I’d say it. Say make me, remake me. You are free to do it and I am free to let you because look, look. Look where your hands are. Now.  

This is my favorite quote from Jazz. Morrison is one of my favorite authors, but the thing I like most about Jazz is its interesting way of handling voices, language, characters and meta-elements. The main storyline of the novel is told through many different voices, and contains elements of stream-of-consciousness. The best part of the book, however, is the end (quoted above) in which the book starts to talk to the reader, and directly addresses the reader, “Look where your hands are.”