Carolina QuotesThere's some people who do things so bad it tears the fabric of the world, and then there's some people so sweet and good that they can feel it when the world gets torn. They see things, they know things, only they're so good and pure that they don't understand what it is that they're seeing.
Orson Scott Card Connected to the Carolinas
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- Lost Boys (1992)
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- 1992
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“There's some people who do things so bad it tears the fabric…” Orson Scott Card. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-8C643E4F01. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/8c643e4f01
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