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Cecil Smith

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“I would have been glad if it had been the Lord's will to let one of my children live.””

Orlean Puckett: The Life of a Mountain Midwife, 1844-1939

“Child, there's a sayin' every fishmonger has. When you buy land, you buy stones. When you buy fish, you buy bones.””

Pillow of Thorns

“It was not a union which seemed likely to prosper, since its chief characteristics were imprudence, youth and extreme good looks.””

“I would have been glad if it had been the Lord's will to let one of my children live.””

Orlean Puckett: The Life of a Mountain Midwife, 1844-1939

“Child, there's a sayin' every fishmonger has. When you buy land, you buy stones. When you buy fish, you buy bones.””

Pillow of Thorns

“It was not a union which seemed likely to prosper, since its chief characteristics were imprudence, youth and extreme good looks.””

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