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They had met in, of all places, church. She had known of him, been warned of him, heard that he stirred up trouble back in England,
“Maybe that’s how it always is, I thought—we all just go along, catching glimpses of one another, thinking we know everything.”
― The Scent Keeper
― The Scent Keeper
“Who is he?" I ask, impressed by the strength in my voice.
"I've no idea," he says, blowing smoke into the wind. "I'd call him the devil if I thought this place anything so mundane as hell.”
― The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
"I've no idea," he says, blowing smoke into the wind. "I'd call him the devil if I thought this place anything so mundane as hell.”
― The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
“Women had made progress - Jo only had to look as far as the television set to see it - but she wondered whether they would ever not try to have it all and do it all and do it all flawlessly. Would the day ever come when simply doing your best would be enough?”
― Mrs. Everything
― Mrs. Everything
“...we know the curse that has been laid upon us--not the curse of bondage, but rather the curse of neglect. This country does not see, nor seek to remedy, the suffering of the Negro, and we are taxed to bear the wrath of white inadequacy.”
― Deathless Divide
― Deathless Divide
“I'm saying every man is in a cage of his own making.”
― The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
― The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
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