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“Whatever you is, Onion," he said, "be it full.”
“Not a week after Annie put her foot in Mrs. Huffmaster's duff, the Captain upped and laid down the date.”
“I come to the understanding that maybe what was on the inside was more important, and that your outer covering didn't count so much as folks thought it did, colored or white, man or woman.”
“We all got to die," she said. "But dying as your true self is always better. God'll take you however you come to Him. But it's easier on a soul to come to Him clean. You're forever free that way. F...”
“The old face, crinkled and dented with canals running every which way, pushed and shoved up against itself for a while, till a big old smile busted out from beneath 'em all, and his grey eyes fairl...”
“That was the Old Mans favorite song. Blow Ye Trumpet. Them Negroes was far away from the doings on the plaza where the Old Man was to hang, way out from it. But they sang it loud and clear.Blow ye ...”
“That was the Old Man’s favorite song. “Blow Ye Trumpet.” Them Negroes was far away from the doings on the plaza where the Old Man was to hang, way out from it. But they sang it loud and clear….Blow...”
