Carolina Quotes
The world of literature has everything in it, and it refuses to leave anything out.
Pat Conroy Carolinian
Source
Letter to the editor of the Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia, October 24, 2007
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- letter
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- Letter to the Charleston Gazette
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- 2007
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“The world of literature has everything in it, and it refuses…” Pat Conroy. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-03C19274EC. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/03c19274ec
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