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> [“Because these characters perform against the vast backdrops of American politics and social upheaval, and because their personal destinies, their wishes, and their dreams are inextricably fused with the largest and most crucial concerns of the nation, Scarlett and Mitch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-w-hall/because-these-characters-perform-against-the-vast-backdrops-of/)

James W. Hall

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## More by James W. Hall

> [It was always about love. Always, always about love. Lost love, love denied, the obsessive hunger for love. Parental or romantic. Whether it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-w-hall/it-was-always-about-love-always-always-about-love-lost-love-love/)

James W. Hall

> [“How his family was killed. Fakhri and his thugs raiding villages, burning, raping. Sunnis, Shi’a, Alawites, Christians, everybody killing everybody else. People say the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-w-hall/how-his-family-was-killed-fakhri-and-his-thugs-raiding-villages/)

James W. Hall

> [“Because these characters perform against the vast backdrops of American politics and social upheaval, and because their personal destinies, their wishes, and their dreams…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-w-hall/because-these-characters-perform-against-the-vast-backdrops-of/)

James W. Hall

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