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Toni Morrison quotes

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Except for World War II, nothing ever interfered with the celebration of National Suicide Day.
The narrator · Toni Morrison, Sula (1973), chapter headed 1919
Maybe it was the bottom of heaven.
The narrator · Toni Morrison, Sula (1973), opening section

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