I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence. Like failure, chaos contains information that can lead to knowledge—even wisdom. Like art.
— Toni Morrison Contemporary

Beloved, Nobel laureate

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Speech at Rutgers University commencement

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2011

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Controversial

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