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Believe Quote by Fay Weldon

“Of course you have to believe in destiny; that everything is sheer chance is an intolerable notion.” quote by Fay Weldon — Download Open image

“Of course you have to believe in destiny; that everything is sheer chance is an intolerable notion.”

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