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“He was an indecent man, I told myself - prayerfully - and then I prayed for him to become decent.” quote by Kelsey Brickl — Download Open image

““He was an indecent man, I told myself - prayerfully - and then I prayed for him to become decent.””

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“Thus, in the boy’s mind, drink and destruction braided together. Intoxication, he concluded, was a swift and effective catalyst for havoc.”

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“The ground had opened up and spit out hell, Nell thought, and the detritus was Shiloh.”

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