Century Quote by Connie Willis

“Everyone else had the look of tired patience people always got when listening to a sermon, no matter what the century.”

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Century Listening Looks Matter No matter what Patience People Sermons Tired

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“We live in hope that the good we do here on earth will be rewarded in heaven. We also hope to win the war. We hope that right and goodness will triumph, and that when the war is won, we shall have a better world. And we work toward that end. We buy war bonds and put out incendiaries and…

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And kissed her for a hundred and sixty-nine years.

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