Carolina Quotes...the really damned not only like Hell, they feel loyal to it...
Randall Jarrell Carolinian
Source
Chapter 1, p. 28
- work
- Pictures from an Institution (1954) [novel]
- year
- 1954
- locator
- p. 28
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“...the really damned not only like Hell, they feel loyal to …” Randall Jarrell. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-E68597AD09. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/e68597ad09
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