If happiness is anticipation with certainty, we were happy.
("The Bluest Eye")
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Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers.
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For a long time I was convinced that the conflict between Jewish people and black people in this country was a media event.
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Misery colored by the greens and blues in my mother's voice took away all the grief out of the words and left me with a conviction that pain was not only endurable, it was sweet.
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