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Ask me, it's a sin to pervert faith with religion. Despite every church, mosque, & synagogue in it, this is not the world any God worth his salt would have created.
Ellen Hopkins
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Ellen Hopkins
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 26
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Ellen Louise Hopkins
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She's no longer afraid to die. What she's afraid of is living, accepting the status quo.
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How can I explain purposely setting foot on a path so blatantly treacherous? Was the fun in the fall?
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And almost instantly, Daddy made everything seem just fine. Even when it wasn't.
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