“I think I'm a very religious person. I think I believe in God as much as any man does. I don't only believe in God, I know there's God.”

—  Ernest J. Gaines

Response after being asked "Do you regard yourself as a religious person?", in an interview with Religion & Ethics Newsweekly http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2011/02/18/february-18-2011-ernest-gaines/8169/, February 18, 2011

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