If he was a good man, how could he leave me? So he must not be a good man. But if he isn't good, then why… — Orson Scott Card
If he was a good man, how could he leave me? So he must not be a good man. But if he isn't good, then why does it hurt so much to lose him? Is it just my pride that's wounded?
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