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Dying Quotes by Ernest Gaines
- But let us say he was (guilty). Let us for a moment say he was (guilty). What justice would there be to take his life?…
- I still don't even know if the sheriff will let me see him. And suppose he did; what then? What do I say to him?…
- Now, about that mulatto teacher and me. There was no love there for each other. There was not even respect. We were enemies if anything.…
- "What for?" I said. "What for, Tante Lou? He treated me the same way he treated her. He wants me to feel guilty, just as…
- "You going back," she said. "You ain't going to run away from this, Grant."
- We looked at each other, and I could see in those big reddened eyes that he was not going to scream. He was full of…
- Don't tell me to believe. Don't tell me to believe in the same God or laws that men believe in who commit these murders. Don't…
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