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The South
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For many years, Blanche worried that it was fear which sometimes made her reluctant to meet white people's eyes, particularly on days when she had the loneliest or the unspecified blues. She'd come to understand that her desire was to avoid pain, a pain so old, so deep, its memory was carried not in her mind, but in her bones. Some days she simply didn't want to look into the eyes of people likely raised to hate, disdain, or fear anyone who looked like her. It was not always useful to be in touc
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― Blanche on the Lam
― Blanche on the Lam
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It occurred to him that no place was more confused about it's past or more terrified of the future than the South.
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― All the Sinners Bleed
― All the Sinners Bleed
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