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James Agee, A Death in the Family Quotes: ...and gentle happy and peaceful, tasting the mean goodness of their living like the last of their suppers in their mouths.
         

...and gentle happy and peaceful, tasting the mean goodness of their living like the last of their suppers in their mouths.


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