It is charming the way everyone in the South says, 'Come back. ' This is the regulation farewell … - Martha Gellhorn

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I've always wanted to be a real universal artist, one that every type of audience could relate to.

Martha Gellhorn

It is charming the way everyone in the South says, 'Come back. ' This is the regulation farewell at gas stations, soda fountains, general stores, tourist camps. 'Come back,' they call, 'come back. ' Do they feel marooned in one place, lost, needing to believe someone will return to share their exile on the similar main streets, in the varied but always new-looking land?

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