Carolina QuotesIf something just plain didn’t make sense to Alvin, he didn’t believe it, and no amount of quoting from the Bible would convince him. Now Taleswapper was telling him that he was right to refuse to believe things that made no sense.
Orson Scott Card Connected to the Carolinas
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Chapter 10.
- work
- Seventh Son (1987)
- year
- 1987
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