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Nobody loved her and she wouldn’t have liked it if they had, she considered love a serious disability.
Toni Morrison
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Toni Morrison
Age: 88 †
Born: 1931
Born: February 18
Died: 2019
Died: August 5
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Chloe Ardelia Wofford
Chloe Anthony Wofford-Morrison
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It's a bad word, 'belong.' Especially when you put it with somebody you love ... You can't own a human being.
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Race is the least reliable information you can have about someone. It's real information, but it tells you next to nothing.
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