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It had been there seven years and in seven years more it would destroy all the timber within its reach. Then some of the machinery
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“I have found that, in the African American oral tradition, if the words are enunciated eloquently enough, no one examines the meaning for definitive truth.”
― Loving Day
― Loving Day
“New Orleans was like that. A live-and-let-live attitude was ingrained into the fabric of the city; no one cared who you were or what you looked like - you had a place, and everyone respected that.”
― Doll-baby
― Doll-baby
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that receives it.”
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“If you get a chance you should marry an archaeologist. I don’t suppose there are too many to go around, but it’s the best sort of husband to have. The older a woman gets, the more he’s interested in her.”
― The House at the End of Hope Street
― The House at the End of Hope Street
“If you got something outside the common run that’s got to be done and cant wait, dont waste your time on the menfolks; they works on what your uncle calls the rules and the cases. Get the womens and the children at it; they works on the circumstances.”
― Intruder in the Dust
― Intruder in the Dust
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