Living water. Listen to it and it will talk to you. I have laid down there by the village site and listened to the water running over the rocks. It will talk to you. You got to listen to it.
John Blackfeather Jeffries Carolinian
Source
Interview with Joe Liles at his home in Hillsborough, North Carolina, March 13, 2019; published in Ribbons of Color Along the Eno River, volume 2 (Eno River Association)
- form
- interview
- work
- Ribbons of Color Along the Eno River, volume 2
- year
- 2019
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“Living water. Listen to it and it will talk to you. I have l…” John Blackfeather Jeffries. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-B67F481429. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/b67f481429
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