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Our lives are like these things I make. Turn 'em, build 'em, bake 'em in fire. That's what you've been, son. Baked and fired. But a pot don't have the right to choose whether he be for water, wine, or just left empty. You have, son. You have.
Our lives are like these things I make. Turn 'em, build 'em, bake 'em in fire. That's what you've been, son. Baked and fired. But a pot don't have the right to choose whether he be for water, wine, or just left empty. You have, son. You have.
Approximate author period: c. 1992 AD · modern
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- Joanne Harris
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- Approximate author period: c. 1992 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Joanne Harris: documented activity in 1992. Wikidata Q234718, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234718 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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