Carolina QuotesNot a single thing do I remember from the first trip but this: the sense of the place, the savor of the genie-soul of the place which every place has or else is not a place...there it is as big as life, the genie-soul of the place which, wherever you go, you must meet and master first thing or be met and mastered. (4.3).
Walker Percy Connected to the Carolinas
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- The Moviegoer (1961)
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- 1961
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“Not a single thing do I remember from the first trip but thi…” Walker Percy. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-DCF6E84E80. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/dcf6e84e80
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