Adam Gopnik Quotes

There Was A Nook In The House That Contained What They Called The Turkish Room, Which Was For Intimate Conversation. And When My Mother Had Her Sixth Birthday, Her Grandmother Led Her Into The Turkish Room. They Were Both Named Inez. And On That Day Big Inez Gave Little Inez A Plantation All Her Own. Two Thousand Acres. Then Her Little Sister Came Running In And Said, "Grandmother, Can I Have A Plantation Too?" And Big Inez Looked Down And Said, "Child, Your Name Is Alice. You Were Named For Your Yankee Grandmother. Go Ask Your Yankee Grandmother For A Plantation.

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