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> [Fonny and I just sat there... while the voices of the congregation rose and rose around us, without mercy... Teddy had the tambourine, and gave the cue to the piano player-I never got to know him: a long dark, evil-looking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-a-baldwin/fonny-and-i-just-sat-there-while-the-voices-of-the-congregation-rose/)

[James A. Baldwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-a-baldwin/)

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