41 Quotes About Mississippi
- Author Foster Kinn
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Wyatt stopped before crossing the Mississippi River and sat next to the waters for a long while. He thought about its history and came to view it as a physical expression of the Dark Companion, bleak and inconsolable, and he wondered how many souls and dreams and passions lay inert in its depths. The mysteries hummed constant.
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- Author Eudora Welty (One Writer's Beginnings)
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I wanted to read immediately. The only fear was that of books coming to an end.
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- Author Lewis Nordan
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Louis said, "There ought to be a comic book about geeks."Dr. McNaughton said, "There are books about geeks."He said, "There are?"Dr. McNaughton said, "I'll read you some Faulkner sometime. I'll read you some Eudora Welty, some Flannery O'Connor. Geeks, midgets, anything your heart desires. Better than comic books."Louis looked at his father. He said, "You'll read to me? Really?
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- Author Andrew Galasetti
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They cried. Yes, yes, they cried. Cried more tears than the Mississippi could hold, but those tears never washed away their faith…
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- Author Daven Anderson
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You said you left Mississippi in 1854," Ron says. He turns to Mamuwalde and asks "Were you a runaway slave?" "Not at all," Cindy Lou answers. "Daddy freed him." Ron's jaw almost hits the floor. His wine glass does.
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- Author Mandy Ashcraft
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That's the unfortunate part about historical structures in general; however breathtaking they might be, if the walls could talk, they might actually sob.
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- Author North Mississippi Party Rentals
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North Mississippi Party rentals proudly serves Corinth, New Albany, Oxford and Tupelo, MS and the surrounding areas. We provide bounce house rentals and more. We also rent water slides, casino gaming tables, tents for events and weddings, table and chair rentals, mechanical bull rentals, fun inflatables, cotton candy machines, concession rentals and more for backyard birthday parties, school functions, church picnics, corporate events and more.
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- Author Margaret McMullan
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Sit on the truth too long and you mash the life right out of it.
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- Author Bernice McFadden
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J.W. and Roy didn’t just snatch the childhood away from Emmett; they stole it from every single black child in Mississippi.
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