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“'On our father's side we live till eighty or ninety, but on our mother's side we die early.' Perhaps this is the trouble with so many of us — on one side we die early.”
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“... the juggernaut of Christmas will not be stopped.”
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“When the days begin to lengthen, / The cold begins to strengthen.”
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“It's been my experience, Charlotte, that the crisis never comes as or when you expect.”
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“Other trades may fail. The agitator is always sure of his market.”
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“Setting ... is accident. Either a building is part of a place, or it is not. Once that kinship is there, time will only make it stronger.”
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“For just once in my life, I'd like to get through a whole week without having to deal with some fool, white or black, who's got an attitude about the way I look.”
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“Men are not, although they are likely creeters and I wish 'em well, yet truth compels me to say that they are not very much gin to follerin' this text, 'To suffer and be calm.' No, they had ruther rampage round and kill the lion in the way than to camp down in front of 'em and try to subdue 'em with kindness and long sufferin'.”