I don't believe there is a God", I said fiercely, "and if there is, He's not the merciful being He's always depicted, or — Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career
I don't believe there is a God", I said fiercely, "and if there is, He's not the merciful being He's always depicted, or — Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career
I don't believe there is a God", I said fiercely, "and if there is, He's not the merciful being He's always depicted, or — Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career
I don't believe there is a God", I said fiercely, "and if there is, He's not the merciful being He's always depicted, or — Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career
I don't believe there is a God", I said fiercely, "and if there is, He's not the merciful being He's always depicted, or — Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career
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I don't believe there is a God", I said fiercely, "and if there is, He's not the merciful being He's always depicted, or He wouldn't be always torturing me for His own amusement.

— Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career
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