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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
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Lorain
Ohio
Chloe Ardelia Wofford
Chloe Anthony Wofford-Morrison
Chloe Anthony Wofford
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Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison
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What I'm doing ain't about hating White people. It's about loving us.
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Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It's not having no responsibilitie s it's choosing the ones you want.
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Sifting daylight dissolves the memory, turns it into dust motes floating in light.
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If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.
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