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“Clairey knew well that it was one thing to occupy his bed, quite another to occupy his heart.”
“Just cause a body says somethin dont make it so. You know who you are, and they cant change that no matter what them cacklin hens is to say. He tapped him on the chest. What matters is whats in her...”
“Ellis, he said. Youre watchin a miracle right under your nose. He gave a few of the seeds to Ellis and let him drop them into the hole he had already made. In each of them little things, God put li...”
“There was a moment of hesitation in which Joe looked into her eyes, and she looked back without flinching. Many a time, he had been at the same game with her, and she had always crumbled, bowing to...”
“In the back of his mind, he had always wondered whywhy they harbored such resentment for him. Now he had the answer, and he felt sick. He felt the bottom dropping out.”
“Just ’cause a body says somethin’ don’t make it so. You know who you are, and they can’t change that no matter what them cacklin’ hens is to say.” He tapped him on the chest. “What matters is what’...”
“Ellis,” he said. “You’re watchin’ a miracle right under your nose.” He gave a few of the seeds to Ellis and let him drop them into the hole he had already made. “In each of them little things, God ...”
“In the back of his mind, he had always wondered why — why they harbored such resentment for him. Now he had the answer, and he felt sick. He felt the bottom dropping out.”