Julia Peterkin quotes
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“I hear that in many places something has happened to Christmas; that it is changing from a time of merriment and carefree gaiety to a holiday which is filled with tedium; that many people dread the day and the obligation to give Christmas presents is a nightmare to weary, bored souls; that the children of enlightened parents no longer believe in Santa Claus; that all in all, the effort to be happy and have pleasure makes many honest hearts grow dark with despair instead of beaming with good will and cheerfulness.”
-- Julia PeterkinSource : "A Plantation Christmas". Book by Julia Peterkin, 1934.
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“People and dogs and cows are born to be what they are. They may cover it up for a long time, but it will come out sooner or later.”
-- Julia PeterkinSource : Julia Mood Peterkin (1927). “Black April: a novel”, Norman Berg
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“Some women don't care how their quilts look. They piece the squares together any sort of way, but she couldn't stand careless sewing. She wanted her quilts, and Joy's, made right. Quilts stay a long time after people are gone from this world, and witness about them for good or bad. She wanted people to see, when she was gone, that she'd never been a shiftless or don't-care woman.”
-- Julia PeterkinSource : Julia Mood Peterkin (1927). “Black April: A Novel”, p.128, University of Georgia Press
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“A bed or a chair will trick you if you stay still on them long at a time. They will draw out your strength and leave you weak as water.”
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“a windy March is lucky. Every pint of March dust brings a peck of September corn, and a pound of October cotton.”
-- Julia PeterkinSource : Julia Mood Peterkin (1927). “Black April: A Novel”, p.259, University of Georgia Press
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“Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.”
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“Only in souls the Christ is brought to birth, And there He lives and dies.”
Source : Alfred Noyes (1920). “Collected Poems”
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“I used to believe in forever, but forever's too good to be true”
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Source : Quoted in Sports Illustrated, 17 Apr. 1989
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