“Just because you're funny doesn't mean you get to be cruel.”
Libba Bray (1964) American teen writer
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“It’s not religious fervor; it’s just a mean, very cruel streak.”
Source: The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1965), Chapter 8 (p. 142)
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