They are trying to hold on to a world that no longer exists. They are blind and terrified because they feel it slipping away from them. They are grip… - Lillian E. Smith

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They are trying to hold on to a world that no longer exists. They are blind and terrified because they feel it slipping away from them. They are gripping thin air but they keep trying desperately to hold on to it - hoping the air will turn into something familiar and solid.

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About Lillian E. Smith

Lillian Eugenia Smith (December 12, 1897 – September 28, 1966) was an American author and social activist.

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