Toni Morrison Quotes

Don't Be Afraid. My Telling Can't Hurt You In Spite Of What I Have Done And I Promise To Lie Quietly In The Dark - Weeping Perhaps Or Occasionally Seeing The Blood Once More - But I Will Never Again Unfold My Limbs To Rise Up And Bare Teeth. I Explain. You Can Think What I Tell You A Confession, If You Like, But One Full Of Curiosities Familiar Only In Dreams And During Those Moments When A Dog's Profile Plays In The Steam Of A Kettle. Or When A Corn-husk Doll Sitting On A Shelf Is Soon Splaying In The Corner Of A Room And The Wicked Of How It Got There Is Plain. Stranger Things Happen All The Time Everywhere. You Know. I Know You Know. One Question Is Who Is Responsible? Another Is Can You Read?

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