Cause and effect Quote by Elizabeth Hardwick

“Sometimes one has the feeling of an almost supernatural character to the shifts and changes in our national mood. They appear beyond the prose of cause and effect.” quote by Elizabeth Hardwick — Download Open image

“Sometimes one has the feeling of an almost supernatural character to the shifts and changes in our national mood. They appear beyond the prose of cause and effect.”

Elizabeth Hardwick

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