“If you use too much paint, you'll not only obscure your savvy completely, but most everything else in life will become dull and uninteresting for you too. You can't get rid of part of what makes you you and be happy...So a well-scumbled savvy gives you clarity and control...You have to let your own know-how, your own unique color, shine through as a something-special others can't quite put a finger on."
—Momma”
― Savvy
—Momma”
― Savvy
“I like the scientific spirit—the holding off, the being sure but not too sure, the willingness to surrender ideas when the evidence is against them: this is ultimately fine—it always keeps the way beyond open—always gives life, thought, affection, the whole man, a chance to try over again after a mistake—after a wrong guess.”
― Walt Whitman's Camden Conversations
― Walt Whitman's Camden Conversations
“I can't tell you how much I hated him. Not the soap but his sermons and him acting like he was out for the good of everyone....
-Mississippi Trial 1955”
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-Mississippi Trial 1955”
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“In wars, boy, fools kill other fools for foolish causes”
― To the Blight
― To the Blight
“I like one hair, tuna fish, the smell of rain and things that are pink. I hate pimples, baked potatoes, when my mother's mad, and religious holidays.”
― Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
― Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
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