It's a bad word, 'belong.' Especially when you put it with … - Toni Morrison

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It's a bad word, 'belong.' Especially when you put it with somebody you love ... You can't own a human being.

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Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019), known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist, essayist, book editor, and college professor, who received a Pulitzer Prize in 1988 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.

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Birth Name: Chloe Ardelia Wofford

Alternative Names: Chloe Anthony Wofford • Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison • Chloe Anthony Wofford-Morrison

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It's a bad word, 'belong.' Especially when you put it with somebody you love ... You can't own a human being. - Toni Morrison

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