“She grabbed his arm. "Let it be, son!" she cried. "That child ain't hurt!"
"Not hurt! You look into her eyes and tell me she ain't hurt!”

—  Mildred D. Taylor, book Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Source: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

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