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“Race prejudice is the devil unchained.”
― The Marrow of Tradition
― The Marrow of Tradition
“Ellis had a strain of thrift, derived from a Scotch ancestry, and a tenacious memory for financial details.”
― The Marrow of Tradition
― The Marrow of Tradition
“I know of a cure for everything: salt water...in one way or the other. Sweat, or tears, or the salt sea.”
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“It seemed to Rosa Lublin that the whole peninsula of Florida was weighted down with regret. Everyone had left behind a real life. Here they had nothing. They were all scarecrows, blown about under the murdering sunball with empty ribcages.”
― The Shawl
― The Shawl
“No, no, sometimes a person feels to be alone."
"If you're alone too much," Persky said, "you think too much."
"Without a life," Rosa answered, "a person lives where they can. If all they got is thoughts, that's where they live."
"You ain't got a life?"
"Thieves took it.”
― The Shawl
"If you're alone too much," Persky said, "you think too much."
"Without a life," Rosa answered, "a person lives where they can. If all they got is thoughts, that's where they live."
"You ain't got a life?"
"Thieves took it.”
― The Shawl
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