I know it's trash: just another story made up to scare wicked females …

Toni Morrison
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I know it's trash: just another story made up to scare wicked females and correct unruly children. But it's all I have. I know I need something else. Something better. Like a story that shows how brazen women can take a good man down. I can hum to that. ✨ Toni Morrison (2008). Love, p.10, Random House
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