Toni Morrison - Song of Solomon (1977)

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I wish I'd a knowed more people. I would of loved 'em all. If I'd a knowed more, I woulda loved more.

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What difference do it make if the thing you scared of is real or not?

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Too much tail. All that jewelry weighs it down. Like vanity. Can't nobody fly with all that shit. Wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.

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When am I happy and when am I sad and what is the difference? What do I need to know to stay alive? What is true in the world? Her mind traveled crooked streets and aimless goat paths, arriving sometimes at profundity, other times at the revelations of a three-year-old.

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I wish I'd a known more people. I would of loved 'em all. If I'd a known more, I woulda loved more.

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When you know your name, you should hang on to it, for unless it is noted down and remembered, it will die when you do.

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Grab this land! Take it, hold it, my brothers, make it, my brothers, shake it, squeeze it, turn it, twist it, beat it, kick it, whip it, stomp it, dig it, plough it, seed it, reap it, rent it, buy it, sell it, own it, build it, multiply it, and pass it on—Can you hear me? Pass it on!

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For now he knew what Shalimar knew: If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.

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