I hear Raleigh's new accounting business isn't doing well. Maybe up in…

Kathryn Stockett
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I hear Raleigh's new accounting business isn't doing well. Maybe up in New York or somewhere it's a good thing, but in Jackson, Mississippi, people just don't care to do business with a rude, condescending asshole. ✨ Kathryn Stockett (2009). The Help, p.87, Penguin
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