……曾祖母が祖母に語り伝えて、二人の生きた時代を祖母が母に語り伝えて、三人の生きた時代を母が私に語り伝えて――そんなふうに世代から世代へ語り継いでゆくでしょう――そうやっていつまでも私たちの記憶に残るのよ。 - ゲイル・ジョーンズ (1949 - ): 『コレッジドーラ』
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My great-grandmama told my grandmama ... and my grandmama told my mama what they both lived through and my mama told me what they all lived through and we suppose to pass it down like that from generation to generation so we'd never forget. - Gayl Jones (1949 - ): Corregidora
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