Alice thought, No. It wasn't the War and the disgruntled veterans; it wasn't the droves and droves of colored people flocking to paychecks and streets full of themselves. It was the music. The dirty, get-on-down music the women sang and the men played and both danced to, close and shamelesss or apart and wild...It made you do unwise disorderly things. Just hearing it was like violating the law.
Toni MorrisonI wanted to separate color from race. Distinguishing color - light, black, in-between - as the marker for race is really an error.
Toni MorrisonSo this is what insanity is. Not goofy behavior, but watching a sudden change in the world you used to know.
Toni MorrisonWhen you gone to get married? You need to have some babies. Itโll settle you.' 'I donโt want to make somebody else. I want to make myself.
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