“Shadwell hated all southerners and, by inference, was standing at the North Pole.”
Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
Source: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
“Nobody but a Southerner knows the wrenching rinsing sadness of the cities of the North.”
— Walker Percy, book The Moviegoer
Source: The Moviegoer
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