Disillusioned Quote by Dorothy Day

“I have been disillusioned, however, this long, long time in the means used by any but the saints to live in this world God has made for us.” quote by Dorothy Day — Download Open image

“I have been disillusioned, however, this long, long time in the means used by any but the saints to live in this world God has made for us.”

Dorothy Day

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