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Quotes from Lanterns on the Levee — William Alexander Percy

1885–1942 United States

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2 quotes

Honor and honesty, compassion and truth are good even if they kill you, for they alone give life its dignity and worth. (Ch. 24)

Lanterns on the Levee (1941)

Delta girls are born dancing and never stop, which is as it should be, for surely it is the finest form of human amusement except tennis and talking. (Ch. 12)

Lanterns on the Levee (1941)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Alexander Percy (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.