I write the way women have babies. You don't know it's going to be lik…

Toni Morrison
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I write the way women have babies. You don't know it's going to be like that. If you did, there's no way you would go through with it.
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I write the way women have babies. You don't know it's going to be like that. If you did, there's no way you would go through with it.

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