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No matter what all your teeth and wet fingers anticipated, there was no accounting for the way that simple joy could shake you.
No matter what all your teeth and wet fingers anticipated, there was no accounting for the way that simple joy could shake you.
Approximate author period: c. 1975 AD · modern
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- Toni Morrison
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- Approximate author period: c. 1975 AD · modern
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