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Anger is better. There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. It is a lovely surging.

Toni Morrison

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Toni Morrison
Age: 88 †
Born: 1931
Born: February 18
Died: 2019
Died: August 5
Audiobook Narrator
Librettist
Novelist
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University Teacher
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Ohio
Chloe Ardelia Wofford
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Anger
Awareness
Worth
Sense
Reality
Better
Surging
Lovely
Presence

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