Carolina Quotes
[M]any of my attitudes had been simply inherited, taken on good faith from those of good faith whom I loved. It seemed like blasphemy to question them , so I had to question myself.
Elizabeth Spencer Carolinian
Source
Interview with Robert Phillips, "The Art of Fiction No. 110," The Paris Review, Issue 111, Summer 1989
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- interview
- work
- The Art of Fiction No. 110
- year
- 1989
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“many of my attitudes had been simply inherited, taken on goo…” Elizabeth Spencer. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-DDCA80C413. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/ddca80c413
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