"It was not a story to pass on"

"It was not a story to pass on" - Beloved by Toni Morrison

"She opened the door, walked in and locked it tight behind her"

"She opened the door, walked in and locked it tight behind her" - Beloved by Toni Morrison

"You are my face; I am you"

"You are my face; I am you" - Beloved by Toni Morrison

"He went to the window and wanted to cry"

"He went to the window and wanted to cry" - Beloved by Toni Morrison

"Nothing was in that shed, he knew, having been there early that morning"

"Nothing was in that shed, he knew, having been there early that morning" - Beloved by Toni Morrison

"She had been dreaming it for years"

"She had been dreaming it for years" - Beloved by Toni Morrison

"Breathing and murmuring, breathing and murmuring"

"Breathing and murmuring, breathing and murmuring" - Beloved by Toni Morrison

"Just let me feel your fingers again on the back of my neck"

"Just let me feel your fingers again on the back of my neck" - Beloved by Toni Morrison

"I walked here. A long, long, long, long way"

"I walked here. A long, long, long, long way" - Beloved by Toni Morrison

"Some things go. Pass on. Some things just stay"

"Some things go. Pass on. Some things just stay" - Beloved by Toni Morrison

"There was nowhere else gracefully to go"

"There was nowhere else gracefully to go" - Beloved by Toni Morrison

"If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it"

"If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it" - Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

"You think I don't know how to walk when I want to walk?"

"You think I don't know how to walk when I want to walk?"- Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

"Come here. I want to show you something"

"Come here. I want to show you something" - Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

"I just want to get out alive and breathing"

"I just want to get out alive and breathing" - Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

"When night came he just sat, at the foot of a tree"

"When night came he just sat, at the foot of a tree" - Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

"It moves and changes from one kind of black to another"

"It moves and changes from one kind of black to another" - Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

"Some just empty. Some like fingers. And it don't stay still"

"Some just empty. Some like fingers. And it don't stay still" - Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

"There're five or six kinds of black. Some silky, some woolly"

"There're five or six kinds of black. Some silky, some woolly" - Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

"You think dark is just one color, but it ain't"

"You think dark is just one color, but it ain't" - The Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison