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You marvel at the economy and this choice of words. How many ways can you describe the sky and the moon? After Sylvia Plath, what can you say?
Toni Morrison
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Toni Morrison
Age: 88 †
Born: 1931
Born: February 18
Died: 2019
Died: August 5
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If you can't count, they can cheat you. If you can't read, they can beat you.
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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.
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If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.
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What I'm doing ain't about hating White people. It's about loving us.
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