It was not death or dying that frightened him, but the unexpectedness …

Toni Morrison
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It was not death or dying that frightened him, but the unexpectedness of both. In sorting it all out, he hit on the notion that if one day a year were devoted to it, everybody could get it out of the way and the rest of the year would be safe and free. In this manner he instituted National Suicide Day. ✨ Toni Morrison (1987). Sula
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