Carolina QuotesThis is what I want to do forever, each one thought. Rise in the morning, come to the mill, and work all day with him beside me. Never mind that the wish was impossible. Never mind that they might never see each other again, once the boy left for his apprenticeship back in the place of his birth. That only added to the sweetness of the moment, which would soon become a memory, would soon become a dream.
Orson Scott Card Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Chapter 15 (closing words).
- work
- Seventh Son (1987)
- year
- 1987
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