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> [“He remembered another one of his mother's saying. It was back when she'd birthed Fanny, her tenth. Someone had siad it was about time she gave up mothering and rested. "Nay," she had said. "I've started something, and now I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-alexander-thom/he-remembered-another-one-of-his-mother-s-saying-it-was-back-when-she/)

[James Alexander Thom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-alexander-thom/)

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## More by James Alexander Thom

> [Whether a character in your novel is full of choler, bile, phlegm, blood or plain old buffalo chips, the fire of life is in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-alexander-thom/whether-a-character-in-your-novel-is-full-of-choler-bile-phlegm-blood/)

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> [Aphorism, n.: A concise, clever statement you don’t think of until too late.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-alexander-thom/aphorism-n-a-concise-clever-statement-you-don-t-think-of-until-too/)

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> [“He remembered another one of his mother's saying. It was back when she'd birthed Fanny, her tenth. Someone had siad it was about time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-alexander-thom/he-remembered-another-one-of-his-mother-s-saying-it-was-back-when-she/)

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> [For every time we regret keeping still, there are about ten times we regret speaking up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-alexander-thom/for-every-time-we-regret-keeping-still-there-are-about-ten-times-we/)

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> [“But then he remembered what George had told him about pain. You know what you can do, even if your body says quit. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-alexander-thom/but-then-he-remembered-what-george-had-told-him-about-pain-you-know/)

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> [“Once upon a time it was now.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-alexander-thom/once-upon-a-time-it-was-now/)

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> [Probably the most honest "self-made person" ever was the one we heard say: "I got to the top the hard way - fighting my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-alexander-thom/probably-the-most-honest-self-made-person-ever-was-the-one-we-heard/)

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> [Too often we seek justice for just us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-alexander-thom/too-often-we-seek-justice-for-just-us/)

[James Alexander Thom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-alexander-thom/)

> [We pick bygone time up by the handfuls and, like clay, see if it feels right and then form it into stories about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-alexander-thom/we-pick-bygone-time-up-by-the-handfuls-and-like-clay-see-if-it-feels/)

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> [To read Lucia St. Clair Robson is to learn while being thoroughly entertained. Last Train from Cuernavaca puts us through the tragic violence and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-alexander-thom/to-read-lucia-st-clair-robson-is-to-learn-while-being-thoroughly/)

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> [If there is a rumor in the air about you, you'd better treat it as you would a wasp: either ignore it or kill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-alexander-thom/if-there-is-a-rumor-in-the-air-about-you-you-d-better-treat-it-as-you/)

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