I am grateful for all those dark years, even though in retrospect they seem like a long, bitter prayer that was answered finally. (Marilynne Robinson)

I am grateful for all those dark years, even though in retrospect they seem like a long, bitter prayer that was answered finally.

Marilynne Robinson

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