You know, Daddy said, it's some that can live their whole life out wit…

Flannery O'Connor
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You know, Daddy said, it's some that can live their whole life out without asking about it and it's others has to know why it is, and this boy is one of the latters. He's going to be into everything! ✨ Flannery O'Connor (2016). A Good Man is Hard to Find, p.14, Faber & Faber
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You know, Daddy said, it's some that can live their whole life out without asking about it and it's others has to know why it is, and this boy is one of the latters. He's going to be into everything! ✨ Flannery O'Connor (2016). A Good Man is Hard to Find, p.14, Faber & Faber

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