Nanny's words made Janie's kiss across the gatepost seem like a manure pile after a rain — Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
Nanny's words made Janie's kiss across the gatepost seem like a manure pile after a rain — Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
Nanny's words made Janie's kiss across the gatepost seem like a manure pile after a rain — Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
Nanny's words made Janie's kiss across the gatepost seem like a manure pile after a rain — Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
Nanny's words made Janie's kiss across the gatepost seem like a manure pile after a rain — Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Nanny's words made Janie's kiss across the gatepost seem like a manure pile after a rain

— Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
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