It was a fine cry - loud and long - but it had no bottom and it had no…

Toni Morrison
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It was a fine cry - loud and long - but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow. ✨ Toni Morrison (1987). Sula
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It was a fine cry - loud and long - but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow. ✨ Toni Morrison (1987). Sula

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