“Your birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct.”
Source: Invisible Monsters
“Your birth was no mistake or mishap, and your life is no fluke of nature. Your parents may not have planned you, but God did. He was not at all surprised by your birth. In fact, he expected it.”
Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
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