"The world is a puzzling place today...." - Quote by Sarah Louise Delany
The world is a puzzling place today. All these banks sending us credit cards, with our names on them. Well, we didn't order any credit cards! We don't spend what we don't have. So we just cut them in half and throw them out, just as soon as we open them in the mail. Imagine a bank sending credit cards to two ladies over a hundred years old! What are those folks thinking?
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“Have your own doctor, who answers to you. If you don't, when the time comes that you get mixed up with hospitals, they'll treat you like a fool. ... You're bound to lose your health at some point, but you don't have to lose your dignity, too.”
“Oh, Mama was a smart woman. It takes a smart woman to fall in love with a good man.”
“Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet.”
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