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“They were collectors of words the same way so many of the gravel diggers were collectors of fossils. They kept an ear constantly alert for them, the rare, the unusual, the unique.”
― Once Upon a River
― Once Upon a River
“Well, then,” the cressman concluded sagely, “just ’cause a thing’s impossible don’t mean it can’t happen.”
― Once Upon a River
― Once Upon a River
“There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner.”
― Once Upon a River
― Once Upon a River
“A river no more begins at its source than a story begins with the first page.”
― Once Upon a River
― Once Upon a River
“The same old rain, and, if not welcomed, at least accepted—an old gray aunt who came to visit every winter and stayed till spring. You learn to live with her. You learn to reconcile yourself to the little inconveniences and not get annoyed. You remember she is seldom angry or vicious and nothing to get in a stew about, and if she is a bore and stays overlong you can train yourself not to notice her, or at least not to stew about her. Which”
― Sometimes a Great Notion
― Sometimes a Great Notion
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