# Quote — Samuel R. Delany, Neveryona

> What references she’d overheard were all oblique enough so that, without knowing what they referred to, she’d have no way to interpret them and so hadn’t really heard them at all.

- Author: [Samuel R. Delany](https://www.leafyquotes.com/samuel-r-delany.md)
- Book: [Neveryona](https://www.leafyquotes.com/samuel-r-delany/neveryona.md)
- Page: 404
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/samuel-r-delany/neveryona/what-references-shed

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