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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison is photographed in New York City in 1979. Getty Images
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Toni Morrison signs copies of her book 'Home,' during Google's online program series, Authors At Google, in New York, in 2013. AP Photo
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Then US President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to authorMorrison during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, DC, in 2012. AFP
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Morrison, left, receives the Honor Medal of The City of Paris (Grand Vermeil) from Christophe Girard at Mairie de Paris in 2010. Getty Images
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Morrison arrives for the 2007 'Glamour' magazine Women of the Year awards in New York. AFP
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Morrison attends a press conference at the Louvre Museum in Paris. AFP
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Morrison poses at The Louvre Museum in Paris. AFP
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Morrison holds an orchid at the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York. AP Photo
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Morrison smiles while being interviewed by reporters in her office at Princeton University in New Jersey. AFP
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Morrison discusses her venture into playwriting in Albany. Getty Images
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison is photographed in New York City in 1979. Getty Images
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Toni Morrison signs copies of her book 'Home,' during Google's online program series, Authors At Google, in New York, in 2013. AP Photo
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Then US President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to authorMorrison during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, DC, in 2012. AFP
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Morrison, left, receives the Honor Medal of The City of Paris (Grand Vermeil) from Christophe Girard at Mairie de Paris in 2010. Getty Images
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Morrison arrives for the 2007 'Glamour' magazine Women of the Year awards in New York. AFP
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Morrison attends a press conference at the Louvre Museum in Paris. AFP
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Morrison poses at The Louvre Museum in Paris. AFP
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Morrison holds an orchid at the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York. AP Photo
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Morrison smiles while being interviewed by reporters in her office at Princeton University in New Jersey. AFP
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Morrison discusses her venture into playwriting in Albany. Getty Images
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison is photographed in New York City in 1979. Getty Images
'At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough' – 14 inspirational Toni Morrison quotes
The Nobel Prize-winning author died earlier this week at the age of 88
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