Gleanings: Pearls from Ruby Dee and William Zinsser

During my rewrites on The Loves of Ruby Dee, I discovered I wrote a lot about dying and living and loving. I didn’t know I knew all this stuff, but I guess I do listen to country music. I found some pearls of wisdom to chuckle over and think about. With some I noted the location in the novel, but others I did not. Sorry.

She could tell Miss Edna things she would never have told anyone else, and she saw no reason to stop just because Miss Edna was dead. (chapter 2, The Loves of Ruby Dee)

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