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title: "3 Nell Grey Quotes"
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# Nell Grey

 **3** quotes in **11** categories

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##  Quotes by Nell Grey

> [“When I was seventeen I found a man, or maybe he found me. Away from home for the first time, out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-grey/when-i-was-seventeen-i-found-a-man-or-maybe-he-found-me-away-from/)

[Nell Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-grey/)

[First time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/first-time/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c6/nell-grey-85139_first-time_when-i-was-seventeen-i-found-a-man-or-ma_1887075.jpg)

> [“I stood transfixed, the silence ringing in my ears. From the field of wild grasses; cocksfoot, tufted hair, wild oat, tall fescue,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-grey/i-stood-transfixed-the-silence-ringing-in-my-ears-from-the-field-of/)

[Nell Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-grey/)

[Flower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flower/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/156/nell-grey-85139_fear-of-bulls_i-stood-transfixed-the-silence-ringing-i_1947464.jpg)

> [“...red sings like summer in the shadows, hot on my tongue...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-grey/red-sings-like-summer-in-the-shadows-hot-on-my-tongue/)

[Nell Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-grey/)

[Line](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/line/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/nell-grey-85139_line_red-sings-like-summer-in-the-shadows-hot_3179281.jpg)

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