“Eugenie thought of this often. Men had told her many sweet things about herself, but never before that she was important. It was the nicest compliment she had ever received.”

—  Sheri S. Tepper , book Grass

Source: Grass (1989), Chapter 7 (p. 120)

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American fiction writer 1929–2016

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