Listen here, Buddy, the dead don't come back. You never have to worry about the dead hurting you. It's the… — Russell Baker
Listen here, Buddy, the dead don't come back. You never have to worry about the dead hurting you. It's the living you've got to worry about in this world. (Lucy Baker, Russell Baker's mother, to Russell).
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