# Quote — Toni Morrison, Beloved

> The couple upstairs, united, didn't hear a sound, but below them, outside, all around 124 the snow went on and on and on. Piling itself, burying itself. Higher. Deeper.

- Author: [Toni Morrison](https://www.leafyquotes.com/toni-morrison.md)
- Book: [Beloved](https://www.leafyquotes.com/toni-morrison/beloved.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Toni_Morrison#Beloved_(1987)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/toni-morrison/beloved/the-couple-upstairs