Carolina QuotesIn all honesty it was easier to believe it in cool Long Island for its very outrageousness where nobody believed anything very seriously than in hot Carolina where everybody was a Christian and found unbelief unbelievable.
Walker Percy Connected to the Carolinas
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- The Second Coming (1980)
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- 1980
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“In all honesty it was easier to believe it in cool Long Isla…” Walker Percy. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-F6E4309E25. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/f6e4309e25
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