"My sister stood up, trembling, and I must……" — J. Robert Lennon

My sister stood up, trembling, and I must admit that I expected… - J. Robert Lennon

"My sister stood up, trembling, and I must admit that I expected her familiar sneer to have taken its usual place on her face. But all I could find there was unhappiness and fear. Fear of my reaction, perhaps. But when a person has lived a life like hers, a life of promiscuity, rootlessness, and substance abuse, resentment and fear tend to replace all reasonable and proper emotions, and the world becomes your enemy."

— J. Robert Lennon

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