Carolina QuotesIt has been my experience that the better a man you are, the more folks there are who resent you for it, and find occasion to get angry at you no matter how kindly meant your deeds may be.
Orson Scott Card Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Chapter 13.
- work
- Alvin Journeyman (1995)
- year
- 1995
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