Carolina Quotes
I have yet to meet an English teacher who assigned a book to damage a kid. They take an unutterable joy in opening up the known world to their students
Pat Conroy Carolinian
Source
Letter to the editor of the Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia, October 24, 2007
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