Carolina QuotesShe can only believe I am serious in her own fashion of being serious: as an antic sort of seriousness, which is not seriousness at all but despair masquerading as seriousness.
Walker Percy Connected to the Carolinas
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- The Moviegoer (1961)
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- 1961
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“She can only believe I am serious in her own fashion of bein…” Walker Percy. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-3A3D1AF362. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/3a3d1af362
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