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“[Jesus Christ] used to have blue eyes but I painted them brown like mine and everybody's, to make him normal.” quote by NoViolet Bulawayo — Download Open image

“[Jesus Christ] used to have blue eyes but I painted them brown like mine and everybody's, to make him normal.”

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