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We don__ have no say, __ause we was an afterthought. He yanked us up out o_ man__ ribs, but He made man out the Earth. He made him out the dirt and the mud and made him out the world, so man is the world. Women_women just a part o_ men._ Elaine snubbed the cigarette out, tapped the dark leather case on the edge of the table and I watched as another slim, white stick slid free.
Laura A. Lord History of a Woman
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We don__ have no say, __ause we was an afterthought. He yanked us up out o_ man__ ribs, but He made man out the Earth. He made him out the dirt and the mud and made him out the world, so man is the world. Women_women just a part o_ men._ Elaine snubbed the cigarette out, tapped the dark leather case on the edge of the table and I watched as another slim, white stick slid free.

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