# Quote — Toni Morrison, Beloved

> What for? What does a sixty-odd-year-old slavewoman who walks like a three-legged dog need freedom for? And when she stepped foot on free ground she could not believe that Halle knew what she didn’t; that Halle, who had never drawn one free breath, knew that there was nothing like it in this world. It scared her.

- Author: [Toni Morrison](https://www.leafyquotes.com/toni-morrison.md)
- Book: [Beloved](https://www.leafyquotes.com/toni-morrison/beloved.md)
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