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Toni Morrisondied Monday nightat age 88, according to her publisher, Knopf.
On Tuesday, many celebrities posted messages mourning theBelovedauthor, who wasawarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Her writing was a beautiful, meaningful challenge to our conscience and our moral imagination.
What a gift to breathe the same air as her, if only for a while.
Other memories and quotes were posted by Ava DuVernay, Hillary Clinton, Bette Midler, andRobin Thede.
She made me understand writer was a fine profession.
I grew up wanting to be only her.
Dinner with her was a night I will never forget, wrote Shonda Rhimes.
Her writing was a beautiful, meaningful challenge to our conscience and our moral imagination.
I grew up wanting to be only her.
Dinner with her was a night I will never forget.
I pray you rest In Peace and in Power.We will celebrate you with endless gratitude and love.
All of which are wholly free and available to us.
Your life was our gift,#ToniMorrisonpic.twitter.com/wcD7w9zKYp
I just assumed Ms. Morrison would live forever.
Shehelped me get a publishing deal for the making of book with The New Press.
That may be the meaning of life.
But we do language.
That may be the measure of our lives.Holding all those touched by Toni Morrison in my heart today.
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#ToniMorrisonRest in Power pic.twitter.com/fUDnTzSsLu
This is a hard day.#ToniMorrison
Toni Morrison.
The first of her name.
The giver of gifts.
The laureate of Nobel.
The sage of synonyms.
The griot of generations.
Rest in eternal peace knowing you left us with eternal treasure.
We thank you.pic.twitter.com/FbVHaxWlKr
#ToniMorrisonhas died.
Just when we most need to hear her voice, she is gone.
Lay your burden down.
Her words were like mirrors to our collective souls.
Like pillows to cushion the blows.
Like mothers to wrap us in love.
Like friends to hold our hands and see us through the darkness.#RipToniMorrison you.
May we lift her up in the light of goodness and hold her there.
In this country American means white.
Everybody else has to hyphenate.Ms.
Morrison was never afraid to speak the truth.Her voice will be missed.
Her spirit will never be replaced.
My heart is broken.
RIP to a incredibly powerful and impactful woman.
