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It is not a bad thing to settle for the Little Way, not the big search for the big happiness but the sad little happiness of drinks and kisses, a good little car and a warm deep thigh.

Walker Percy

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Walker Percy
Age: 73 †
Born: 1916
Born: May 28
Died: 1990
Died: May 10
Author
Novelist
Philosopher
Physician
Writer
Birmingham
Alabama
Good
Drink
Kisses
Deep
Drinks
Happiness
Settle
Bigs
Settling
Littles
Search
Little
Kissing
Thing
Warm
Thigh
Way
Car
Thighs

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