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That was what gospel was meant to do - make you hate and love yourself at the same time, make you ashamed and glorified.

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Dorothy Allison
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: April 11
Feminist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Greenville
South Carolina
Time
Love
Glorified
Ashamed
Gospel
Meant
Hate
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