Along with the idea of romantic love, she was introduced to another

Toni Morrison
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Along with the idea of romantic love, she was introduced to another - physical beauty. Probably the most destructive ideas in the history of human thought. Both originated in envy, thrived in insecurity, and ended in disillusion. ✨ The Bluest Eye. Book by Toni Morrison, 1970.
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Along with the idea of romantic love, she was introduced to another - physical beauty. Probably the most destructive ideas in the history of human thought. Both originated in envy, thrived in insecurity, and ended in disillusion. ✨ The Bluest Eye. Book by Toni Morrison, 1970.

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