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She had been looking all along for a friend, and it took her a while to discover that a lover was not a comrade and could never be - for a woman. and that no one would ever be that version of herself which she sought to reach out to and touch with an ungloved hand. there was only her own mood and whim, and if that was all there was, she decided to turn the naked hand toward it, discover it and let others become as intimate with their own selves as she was.
-Toni Morrison
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She Had Been Looking All Along For

Toni Morrison
She had been looking all along for a friend, and it took her a while to discover that a lover was not a comrade and could never be - for a woman. and that no one would ever be that version of herself which she sought to reach out to and touch with an ungloved hand. there was only her own mood and whim, and if that was all there was, she decided to turn the naked hand toward it, discover it and let others become as intimate with their own selves as she was.
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