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Thursday, April 21, 2016

The pieces I am, she gather them

 
This powerful quotation from Toni Morrison's Beloved seems to be one more illustration of how the characters in the book turn to each other to heal their trauma through "rememory," and the collective process of making sense of the atrocities of slavery.

Although this is inspirational it's hard to imagine Sethe being a friend to anyone. Is a "friend of your mind" different in some way than a regular old friend?

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