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> [“But I knew better: No matter where you go, the past floods back. You can try like the dickens, but you can't escape fate.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-lee-west/but-i-knew-better-no-matter-where-you-go-the-past-floods-back-you-can/)

[Michael Lee West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-lee-west/)

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## More by Michael Lee West

> [“Now that Olive was grown, I didn't know what to do with myself. You could build your life around one single thing, like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-lee-west/now-that-olive-was-grown-i-didn-t-know-what-to-do-with-myself-you/)

[Michael Lee West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-lee-west/)

> [“Gardens come and go, but I find myself getting attached to certain perennials. My tulips are bridesmaids, with fat faces and good posture. Hollyhocks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-lee-west/gardens-come-and-go-but-i-find-myself-getting-attached-to-certain/)

[Michael Lee West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-lee-west/)

> [“It seemed clear that people in love lived in constant jeopardy. They were either making love or making each other crazy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-lee-west/it-seemed-clear-that-people-in-love-lived-in-constant-jeopardy-they/)

[Michael Lee West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-lee-west/)

> [“Work and pray, live on hay, You'll get pie in the sky when you die. -Joe Hill, The Preacher and the Slave”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-lee-west/work-and-pray-live-on-hay-you-ll-get-pie-in-the-sky-when-you-die-joe/)

[Michael Lee West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-lee-west/)

> [“He just knew we would find luck, but believing something don't make it true.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-lee-west/he-just-knew-we-would-find-luck-but-believing-something-don-t-make-it/)

[Michael Lee West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-lee-west/)

> [“But I knew better: No matter where you go, the past floods back. You can try like the dickens, but you can't escape fate.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-lee-west/but-i-knew-better-no-matter-where-you-go-the-past-floods-back-you-can/)

[Michael Lee West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-lee-west/)

> [“A tofu birthday cake dosn't wreak a marriage; but if you cut the tofu into lewd shapes, you are probably asking for trouble. Looking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-lee-west/a-tofu-birthday-cake-dosn-t-wreak-a-marriage-but-if-you-cut-the-tofu/)

[Michael Lee West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-lee-west/)

> [“This is how the soul heals. it thaws out bit by bit, the way the ground warms after a hard winter. you notive the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-lee-west/this-is-how-the-soul-heals-it-thaws-out-bit-by-bit-the-way-the-ground/)

[Michael Lee West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-lee-west/)

> [“As my daddy said, soil is the basis of everything.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-lee-west/as-my-daddy-said-soil-is-the-basis-of-everything/)

[Michael Lee West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-lee-west/)

> [“You raise them half-decent, and they grow up and leave. They move to Miami or California-- someplace with gourmet groceries and nude beaches because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-lee-west/you-raise-them-half-decent-and-they-grow-up-and-leave-they-move-to/)

[Michael Lee West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-lee-west/)

> [“It paid to be cultured, just as long as you didn't start growing bacteria.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-lee-west/it-paid-to-be-cultured-just-as-long-as-you-didn-t-start-growing/)

[Michael Lee West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-lee-west/)

> [“There was another thing I had forgotten about the South: It was the one place on earth where an unsuspecting person could get killed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-lee-west/there-was-another-thing-i-had-forgotten-about-the-south-it-was-the/)

[Michael Lee West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-lee-west/)

> [“Everybody's always doing the same old things--- you know, doing unto others before they can do unto you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-lee-west/everybody-s-always-doing-the-same-old-things-you-know-doing-unto/)

[Michael Lee West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-lee-west/)

> [“I was tired of well-meaning folks, telling me it was time I got over being heartbroke. When somebody tells you that, a little bell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-lee-west/i-was-tired-of-well-meaning-folks-telling-me-it-was-time-i-got-over/)

[Michael Lee West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-lee-west/)

> [“She, if anyone, was on a hell-bound train. I mean, if you're masquerading as a do-gooder, why not go all the way?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-lee-west/she-if-anyone-was-on-a-hell-bound-train-i-mean-if-you-re-masquerading/)

[Michael Lee West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-lee-west/)

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