Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 148 |
| AUTHOR: | Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) |
| QUOTATION: | What was the use of my having come from Oakland it was not natural to have come from there yes write about it if I like or anything if I like but not there, there is no there there. |
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| SUBJECTS: | California |