Pain. I seem to have an affection, a kind of sweettooth for it. Bolts …

Toni Morrison
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Pain. I seem to have an affection, a kind of sweettooth for it. Bolts of lightning, little rivulets of thunder. And I the eye of the storm. ✨ FaceBook post byToni Morrison from Nov 27, 2011
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Pain. I seem to have an affection, a kind of sweettooth for it. Bolts of lightning, little rivulets of thunder. And I the eye of the storm. ✨ FaceBook post byToni Morrison from Nov 27, 2011

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