“In a land of quince jelly, apple butter, apricot jam, blueberry preserves, pear conserves, and lemon marmalade, you always get grape jelly.”

—  William Least Heat-Moon, book Blue Highways

Part One, Chapter 14.
Blue Highways (1982)

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