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"The knife wa'n't a heap o' good," he said in his deliberate drawl. "So I up an' swapped it fer a dawg. I knowed I'd sholy have trouble gittin' the dawg back home, me bein' on hossback; so I traded him fer a watch. I had a purty good notion
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Cross-reference to a note on intelligent bargaining in The Killing Hills by Chris Offutt.
“Perhaps they were right putting love into books. Perhaps it could not live anywhere else.”
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“How easily we forget-we in the business of storytelling- that life was the point all along.”
― The Lincoln Highway
― The Lincoln Highway
“Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.”
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“See you on Titan,” said the grin. And then it was gone.”
― The Sirens of Titan
― The Sirens of Titan
“A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once. ”
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On the Southern Literary Trail
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The world is made up of two kinds of people: first, those who love classics, and second, those who have not yet read a classic. Be bold and join us as ...more
The Reading For Pleasure Book Club
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This is a book club where we will share our current reads in ebooks, regular books, audiobooks, graphic novels and more. This is where we can all shar ...more
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This is the group that concentrates on one book at a time. A book will be announced at the beginning of each month. The book will be sectioned out for ...more
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