Carolina Quotes
You can’t get from point A to point B easily, you’ve got to wander off to the side and tell this story.
Jill McCorkle Carolinian
Source
"Creature of Habit: An Interview with Jill McCorkle," conversation with Sherry Ellis, AGNI Online, July 2003
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- interview
- work
- Creature of Habit
- year
- 2003
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“You can’t get from point A to point B easily, you’ve got to …” Jill McCorkle. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-1B5970C6CD. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/1b5970c6cd
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