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6 quotes from Recitatif by Toni Morrison, each verified verbatim against the text and located in the book.

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My mother danced all night and Roberta's was sick.
— Twyla (narration) · Toni Morrison, Recitatif (1983), opening sentence
The kitchen woman with legs like parentheses.
— Twyla (narration) · Toni Morrison, Recitatif (1983)
Things are not right. The wrong food is always with the wrong people. Maybe that's why I got into waitress work later—to match up the right people with the right food.
— Twyla (narration) · Toni Morrison, Recitatif (1983)
Now we were behaving like sisters separated for much too long. Those four short months were nothing in time.
— Twyla (narration) · Toni Morrison, Recitatif (1983)
Actually my sign didn't make sense without Roberta's.
— Twyla (narration) · Toni Morrison, Recitatif (1983)
I didn't kick her; I didn't join in with the gar girls and kick that lady, but I sure did want to.
— Twyla (narration) · Toni Morrison, Recitatif (1983)

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