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Would it be all right? Would it be all right to go ahead and feel? Go ahead and count on something?
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Toni Morrison
Age: 88 †
Born: 1931
Born: February 18
Died: 2019
Died: August 5
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Lorain
Ohio
Chloe Ardelia Wofford
Chloe Anthony Wofford-Morrison
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Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison
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Sweet, she thought. He must think I can't bear to hear him say it. That after all I have told him and after telling me how many feet I have, goodbye would break me to pieces. Ain't that sweet. So long, she murmured from the far side of the trees.
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