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Nella Larsen: Lies, injustice, and...

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Lies, injustice, and hypocrisy are a part of every ordinary community. Most people achieve a sort of protective immunity, a kind of callousness, toward them. If they didn't, they couldn't endure.

Source: Quicksand, 1928.
-- Nella Larsen, ( 1891-1964), US novelist; Her novels portray female characters of great psychological complexity; first African American woman to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship.


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