John Mercer Patton

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“A woman’s a two-face
A worrisome thing who’ll lead ya t’ sing the blues in the night.”
—Johnny Mercer (1909–1976)

“A man’s real and deep feelings are surely those which he acts upon when challenged, not those which, mellow-eyed and soft-voiced, he spouts in easy times.”
—Sarah Patton Boyle, U.S. civil rights activist and author. The Desegregated Heart, part 2, ch. 13 (1962)