“God will punish the wicked. And before He does, we will.”
John Green book Looking for Alaska
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, book Wuthering Heights
Source: Wuthering Heights
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