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In that place, where they tore the nightshade and blackberry patches from their roots to make room for the Medallion City Golf Course, there was once a neighborhood.
The narrator · Toni Morrison, Sula (1973), opening sentence
It is called the suburbs now, but when black people lived there it was called the Bottom.
The narrator · Toni Morrison, Sula (1973), opening section
Otherwise the pain would escape him even though the laughter was part of the pain.
The narrator · Toni Morrison, Sula (1973), opening section
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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