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> [“But I believe we don't know folks, we're acquainted with them. There's always something in an individual you ain't never going to know.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-fay-greene/but-i-believe-we-don-t-know-folks-we-re-acquainted-with-them-there-s/)

[Melissa Fay Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-fay-greene/)

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## More by Melissa Fay Greene

> [“But I believe we don't know folks, we're acquainted with them. There's always something in an individual you ain't never going to know.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-fay-greene/but-i-believe-we-don-t-know-folks-we-re-acquainted-with-them-there-s/)

[Melissa Fay Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-fay-greene/)

> [“Who was going to raise 12 million children? That was what I suddenly wanted to know…Who was teaching 12 million children how to swim…Who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-fay-greene/who-was-going-to-raise-12-million-children-that-was-what-i-suddenly/)

[Melissa Fay Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-fay-greene/)

> [International adoption does not begin to solve the problems of the world's orphaned children. It's truly not the answer. At the same time, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-fay-greene/international-adoption-does-not-begin-to-solve-the-problems-of-the/)

[Melissa Fay Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-fay-greene/)

> [You often hear attacks on international adoption as robbing a child of his or her culture, and that's both true and false. It's true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-fay-greene/you-often-hear-attacks-on-international-adoption-as-robbing-a-child/)

[Melissa Fay Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-fay-greene/)

> [There are many children who need help, and anyone who wants to reach out and adopt a child from foster care or from a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-fay-greene/there-are-many-children-who-need-help-and-anyone-who-wants-to-reach/)

[Melissa Fay Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-fay-greene/)

> [There's a culture in orphanages that children are eager to escape from, and it's a culture of being reared as a group and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-fay-greene/there-s-a-culture-in-orphanages-that-children-are-eager-to-escape/)

[Melissa Fay Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-fay-greene/)

> [“So how does it happen that -- while most people instinctively try to save themselves and their families from a catastrophe -- a few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-fay-greene/so-how-does-it-happen-that-while-most-people-instinctively-try-to/)

[Melissa Fay Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-fay-greene/)

> [A Georgia peach, a real Georgia peach, a backyard great-grandmother's orchard peach, is as thickly furred as a sweater, and so fluent and sweet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-fay-greene/a-georgia-peach-a-real-georgia-peach-a-backyard-great-grandmother-s/)

[Melissa Fay Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-fay-greene/)

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