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I'm a writer in the world. i translate the confusion that i might feel, the dread that i know i feel, moving towards some other place, moving away from puny language, from all that dread into some other kind of language.
-Toni Morrison
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I'm A Writer In The World. I

Toni Morrison
I'm a writer in the world. i translate the confusion that i might feel, the dread that i know i feel, moving towards some other place, moving away from puny language, from all that dread into some other kind of language.
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