Toni Morrison

Sula

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    . "We was girls together," she said as though explaining something. "O Lord, Sula," she cried, "girl, girl, girlgirlgirl." It was a fine cry--loud and long--but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.
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    Her eye twitched and burned a little. "Sula?" she whispered, gazing at the tops of trees. "Sula?" Leaves stirred; mud shifted; there was the smell of overripe green things. A soft ball of fur broke and scattered like dandelion spores in the breeze. "All that time, all that time, I thought I was missing Jude." And the loss pressed down on her chest and came up into her throat. "We was girls together," she said as though explaining something. "O Lord, Sula," she cried, "girl, girl, girlgirlgirl." It was a fine cry--loud and long--but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.
  • Renee Lihas quotedlast year
    "We was girls together," she said as though explaining something. "O Lord, Sula," she cried, "girl, girl, girlgirlgirl." It was a fine cry--loud and long--but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.
  • Renee Lihas quotedlast year
    Suddenly Nel stopped. Her eye twitched and burned a little. "Sula?" she whispered, gazing at the tops of trees. "Sula?" Leaves stirred; mud shifted; there was the smell of overripe green things. A soft ball of fur broke and scattered like dandelion spores in the breeze. "All that time, all that time, I thought I was missing Jude." And the loss pressed down on her chest and came up into her throat. "We was girls together," she said as though explaining something. "O Lord, Sula," she cried, "girl, girl, girlgirlgirl." It was a fine cry--loud and long--but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.
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    Shall We Gather at the River"
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    Now, however, after the way Eva had just treated her, accused her, she wondered if the townspeople hadn't been right the first time. Eva _was__ mean. Sula had even said so. There was no
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    Just as the water closed peacefully over the turbulence of Chicken Little's body, so had contentment washed over her enjoyment.
  • Renee Lihas quotedlast year
    it was there anyway, as it had always been, the old feeling and the old question. The good feeling she had had when Chicken's hands slipped. She hadn't wondered about that in years. "Why didn't I feel bad when it happened? How come it felt so good to see him fall?"
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    But Nel had remained calm. _"Shouldn't we tell?"__ _"Did he see?"__ _"I don't know. No."__ _"Let's go. We can't bring him back."__ What did old Eva mean by _you watched?__ How could she help seeing it? She was right there. But Eva didn't say _see,__ she said _watched.__
  • Renee Lihas quotedlast year
    Just alike. Both of you. Never was no difference between you. Want some oranges? It's better for you than chop suey. Sula? I got oranges."
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