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Short stories before this set in Far Country:
575 Skipping Town
584 Some Desperado
584 Yesterday, Near a Village Called Barden
590 Freedom! "
progress:
(page 83 of 469)
"If God wants this stopped, let Him stop it! Isn’t He all-powerful?
Never leave to God what you can do yourself!
**
Every man takes God for his ally, regardless of which way he faces.
**
‘I’m praying.’
‘Prayer is arrogance,’ intoned Jubair. ‘The hope of man to change the will of God. But God’s plan is set and His words already spoken.’
‘Fuck Him, then!’ snapped Sufeen.
‘Oh, you will find it is God who does the fucking" — Sep 01, 2025 01:56AM
"If God wants this stopped, let Him stop it! Isn’t He all-powerful?
Never leave to God what you can do yourself!
**
Every man takes God for his ally, regardless of which way he faces.
**
‘I’m praying.’
‘Prayer is arrogance,’ intoned Jubair. ‘The hope of man to change the will of God. But God’s plan is set and His words already spoken.’
‘Fuck Him, then!’ snapped Sufeen.
‘Oh, you will find it is God who does the fucking" — Sep 01, 2025 01:56AM
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progress:
(page 106 of 159)
"‘these absurd women running around today, full of ideas and nonsense, and thinking themselves equal to men—quelle rigolade!—they need to be beaten half to death so that they can find out who rules the world.’
79
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‘Maybe everything bad that happens to you makes you weaker,’ said Giovanni, as though he had not heard me, ‘and so you can stand less and less.’" — Sep 01, 2025 12:56PM
"‘these absurd women running around today, full of ideas and nonsense, and thinking themselves equal to men—quelle rigolade!—they need to be beaten half to death so that they can find out who rules the world.’
79
*****
‘Maybe everything bad that happens to you makes you weaker,’ said Giovanni, as though he had not heard me, ‘and so you can stand less and less.’" — Sep 01, 2025 12:56PM


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