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Magic realism Quote by Toni Morrison

“Carefully they replaced the soil and covered the entire grave with uprooted grass. Neither one had spoken a word.” quote by Toni Morrison — Download Open image

““Carefully they replaced the soil and covered the entire grave with uprooted grass. Neither one had spoken a word.””

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If you can't count, they can cheat you. If you can't read, they can beat you.

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All she saw, down in the cellar well beneath the stoop, was a light yellow feather with a tip of green. And she had never named him. Had called him "my parrot" all these years. "My parrot." "Love you. "Love you." Did the dogs get him? Or did he get the message - that she said, "My parrot" and he…

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“To Sethe, the future was a matter of keeping the past at bay”

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“Hate does that. Burns off everything but itself, so whatever your grievance is, your face looks just like your enemy's.”

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“I’m not brave, just curious.”

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“He wishes he were a skilled poet, it would fit his chosen image perfectly; the poor, tragic, tortured artiste. But he has no talent…

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“Illuminated from within we radiate the surface as we are all the one — knowing that in the one is the all.”

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“One must learn, simply, to be.”

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“It is not hard, it is not easy — IT IS.”

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“As though eavesdropping, the whistling wind refuses to speak above a whisper. The winding road is cut into the side of the mountain in such a way that it seems they are not making any progress; the walk down will require endurance. She looks up at the cluster of clouds which have been pencilled in neatly against the sky, and…

“Strength, courage and fire to pursue the unknown.”

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