"Well all right now. Man, de money's too good on the muck. It's liable to fair off by tuhmorroer. Ah wouldn't leave if Ah wuz you."
What is Tea Cake: Page 156
100
"Six eyes were questioning God."
What is page 159
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"Good bye, Tea Cake. Y'all oughta stay here and sleep, man. No use in goin' off and leavin' me lak dis."
What is Motor Boat: 163.
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"A thousand dollar a throw in Madison Square Garden wouldn't have gotten any more breathless suspense. I would have just been more people holding in."
What is page 158.
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"We'se goin' inside out dis weather, kill or cure."
What is Tea Cake: 162
300
"If the castles thought themselves secure, the cabins needn't worry"
What is page 158
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"Once upon uh time, Ah never 'spected nothin',Tea Cake, but bein' dead from standin' still and tryin' tuh laugh. But you come 'long and made somethin' outa me. So Ah'm thankful fuh anything we come through together."
What is Janie: page 167
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"Several men collected at Tea Cake's house and sat around stuffing courage into each other's ears. Janie baked a big pan of beans something she called sweet biscuits and they all managed to be happy."
What is page 156.
500
"Ah'm heah"
What is Tea Cake: page 167
500
" White people had preempted that point of elevation and there was no more room."