“Always, through everything, I try to straighten my spine, or my soul. They both ought to be upright I feel, for pride, for style, for reality's sake, but both tend to bend under a weight that has been carried a long time. I try to lighten my burden by knowing it, I try to walk lightly, and sometimes, I do, for sometimes I feel both light and proud. At other times I am bent, bent.”
— Florida Maxwell Scott, The Measure of My Days: One Woman's Vivid, Enduring Celebration of Life and Aging
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