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Yes, There's Love If You Want It
Posted by Lizzie
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
When I was finished, she put a wrinkled ten-dollar bill on the counter by my plate.
"Here."
It was the kind of "here" your mother or your big sister or your great-aunt or your grandmother would have said. It was the kind of "here" that let you know this was hard-earned money but, also, that you needed it more than she did, and the kind of "here" that said she wished you had it and didn't have to borrow it from her, but since you did not have it, and she did, then "here" it was, with a kind of love.
- A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest Gaines
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"Here."
It was the kind of "here" your mother or your big sister or your great-aunt or your grandmother would have said. It was the kind of "here" that let you know this was hard-earned money but, also, that you needed it more than she did, and the kind of "here" that said she wished you had it and didn't have to borrow it from her, but since you did not have it, and she did, then "here" it was, with a kind of love.
- A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest Gaines
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