Carolina Quotes“Don’t talk to me like you understand my sins.” “Don’t talk to me like you know what I do and do not understand.” Alvin chuckled grimly. “Oh, that mouth you’ve got.” “You can’t answer what I said, so you’re going to talk about my saying it.”
Orson Scott Card Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Chapter 4 “La Tia” (p. 74).
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- The Crystal City (2003)
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- 2003
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- p. 74
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