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Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes

Ay! but mother's words are scarce, and weigh heavy. Father's liker me, and we talk a deal o' rubble; but mother's words are liker to hewn stone. She puts a deal o' meaning in 'em.

Elizabeth Gaskell

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