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Great books give you a feeling that you miss all day, until you finally get to crawl back inside those pages again.
Kathryn Stockett
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Kathryn Stockett
Age: 56
Born: 1969
Born: January 1
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Why don't we just build you an house outside Hilly?
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I'm sorry, but were you dropped on your head as an infant?
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I've become one of those people who prowl around at night in their cars. God, I am the town's Boo Radley, just like in To Kill A Mockingbird.
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Im a Southerner - I never take satisfaction in touching a nerve.
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