I dig and plough at your command,’ I replied, ‘but you will not tell me how to shit.
– Maria McCann
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- It is very rare for a child of God to find gold and crude oil on the floor to fetch. He/she must dig and dig deeply well!!! – Israelmore Ayivor
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- How did men make themselves loved, I wondered. I had passed all my life with men who were loved but I seemed never to have learnt the lesson. – Maria McCann
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