Carolina QuotesAround here, ma'am, if folks got they mouth open, if they ain't eating then they lying.
Orson Scott Card Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Chapter 10.
- work
- Heartfire (1998)
- year
- 1998
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“Around here, ma'am, if folks got they mouth open, if they ai…” Orson Scott Card. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-4E16C13327. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/4e16c13327
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