Edward P. Jones
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[He] went on to tell her that certain work songs made the work a little easier, but that there were others, depending upon the time of day, that dragged a body down, so 'you just gotta be careful with your songs and your hummin' and whatnot.
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(Her husband's departure ...) had picked Mildred up by the hair and dropped her down at the doorstep of insanity.From Butterfly on F street
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We are all worthy of one another.
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We are all worthy of one another.
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[He] went on to tell her that certain work songs made the work a little easier, but that there were others, depending upon the time of day, that dragged a body down, so 'you just gotta be careful with your songs and your hummin' and whatnot.
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(Her husband's departure ...) had picked Mildred up by the hair and dropped her down at the doorstep of insanity.From Butterfly on F street
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Perhaps if I knew I would be stranded on an island with but one book, I would choose the Bible. For no religious reason whatsoever, but because of the varieties of stories, which might be useful as the days pass.
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I have said with as much sincerity as I can muster that if I were thrown into a dungeon with a sentence of one hundred years, with my only company being an illiterate guard who came twice a day with meals but who never spoke, I would still write - on coarse toilet paper in the dark if I could spare it.
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