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1. black
2. grey
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4. red
5. brown
6. white

Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.

Toni Morrison

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  Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.

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  There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.

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