“When I told you that I’d pray for you, what did you think I was talking about?”
Source: A Walk to Remember
“Nothing happened today. And if anything did, I’d rather not talk about it, because I didn’t understand it.”
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Roberto Bolaño
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The Savage Detectives
Source: The Savage Detectives
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