Carolina QuotesAlvin wondered if it was true—if all men had evil in their hearts, and those men as were good, maybe they were simply the ones who controlled theirselves so well they could act contrary to their heart's desire. But if that were so, then no man was good, not one.
Orson Scott Card Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Chapter 11.
- work
- Alvin Journeyman (1995)
- year
- 1995
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