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Resentment is the most precious flower of poverty.
Carson McCullers
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Carson McCullers
Age: 50 †
Born: 1917
Born: February 19
Died: 1967
Died: September 29
Film Writer
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
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Columbus
Georgia
Lula Carson Smith
Carson McCullers
Resentment
Precious
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Poverty
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