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Our seer. Our truthteller.\" --Oprah Winfrey \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis inspirational book juxtaposes quotations, one to a page, drawn from Toni Morrison's entire body of work, both fiction and nonfiction--from \u003ci\u003eThe Bluest Eye\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eGod Help the Child, \u003c\/i\u003e from \u003ci\u003ePlaying in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Source of Self-Regard--\u003c\/i\u003eto tell a story of self-actualization. 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