"I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer - its dust and lowering skies."
"What difference do it make if the thing you scared of is real or not?"
Source: Toni Morrison (1987). “Sula”
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Toni Morrison
Novelist, Essayist
Toni Morrison was a celebrated American novelist known for her powerful exploration of race, identity, and love, particularly in her acclaimed work 'Beloved'.
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