Lewis Nordan quotes
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“There were happy days, with watermelon, and sad days of whiskey.”
-- Lewis NordanSource : Lewis Nordan (1992). “Music of the Swamp”, p.59, Algonquin Books
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“A thousand times, when the train slowed or stopped, I thought of jumping off. I wanted to die in a ditch. I wanted to disappear. I wanted a different history and geography. In rhythm with the wheels I said I want I want I want I want I stayed on the train.”
-- Lewis NordanSource : Lewis Nordan (1992). “Music of the Swamp”, Algonquin Books
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“The Mississippi Delta is not always dark with rain. Some autumn mornings, the sun rises over Moon Lake, or Eagle, or Choctaw, or Blue, or Roebuck, all the wide, deep waters of the state, and when it does, its dawn is as rosy with promise and hope as any other.”
-- Lewis NordanSource : Lewis Nordan (2003). “Wolf Whistle”, p.149, Algonquin Books
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“There is great pain in all love, but we don't care, it's worth it.”
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“In my mind, I gave the woman gifts. I gave her a candle stub. I gave her a box of wooden kitchen matches. I gave her a cake of Lifebuoy soap. I gave her a ceilingful of glow-in-the-dark planets. I gave her a bald baby doll. I gave her a ripe fig, sweet as new wood, and a milkdrop from its stem. I gave her a peppermint puff. I gave her a bouquet of four roses. I gave her fat earthworms for her grave. I gave her a fish from Roebuck Lake, a vial of my sweat for it to swim in.”
-- Lewis NordanSource : Lewis Nordan (1992). “Music of the Swamp”, Algonquin Books
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“Even Solon Gregg was finding it hard to speak to a woman who had just paid hard cash for tampons and on her face wore the look of a woman who meant to use them, as advertised.”
-- Lewis NordanSource : Lewis Nordan (2003). “Wolf Whistle”, p.32, Algonquin Books
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“Happy Days was a wonderful, wonderful experience and I would not have traded it for the world.”
Source : "Interview with Marion Ross, Mrs. Cunningham from Happy Days". www.audiologyonline.com. February 27, 2006.
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“It's always a happy day when YYZ appears on our luggage tags.”
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“Which would you part with first -- your tobacco, your whiskey, or your religion?”
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“He taught me the difference between a good single malt whisky and a bad one.”
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