“God will punish the wicked. And before He does, we will.”
Chip "the Colonel" Martin, p. 71
Looking for Alaska (2005)
“It is for God to punish wicked people; we should learn to forgive.”
—
Emily Brontë
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Wuthering Heights
Source: Wuthering Heights
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