““What do you want out of life, Francis Lostwax?”
Francis smiled. “To never hurt anybody again.” His lack of hesitation surprised him. “To feel clean.””

—  James K. Morrow

Source: The Wine of Violence (1981), Chapter 27 (p. 314)

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