Gone

For Georgia Wilson White, and the iron-willed Wilson sisters of Rockingham, N.C.: Johnsie, JoAnn, Judy, Della Sue, Vera, Authorena, and my dear Aunt Jewel

The Ox Woman (Sarah McLain Smith) had blue eyes and wore her hair in a bun at the back of her neck, as did many women at that time. She was always polite and well-spoken, behaved as a lady, and was grateful for anything that was done for her. There was no record of her ever having misused her great strength to injure anyone, or do harm.

– Phil Philcox and Beverly Boe, The Sunshine State Almanac and Book of Florida-Related Stuff

Pain is an inescapable part of the human experience. Misery, however, is not. Misery is an option.

– S. M. Tomlinson, One Fathom Above Sea Level