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"No matter what all your teeth and wet fingers anticipated, there was no accounting for the way that simple joy could shake you."

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About Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison was an American novelist, editor, and professor whose work centers Black American life and history. She is best known for novels including Beloved, Song of Solomon, and The Bluest Eye. She received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.

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