It struck me, sharp and hard, that I had been given so many chances to…

Anne Rice
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It struck me, sharp and hard, that I had been given so many chances to save my soul that my entire life had been constructed around these chances! That was my nature - going from temptation to temptation, not to sin, but to be redeemed. ✨ Anne Rice (2003). Blood Canticle, Knopf Canada
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It struck me, sharp and hard, that I had been given so many chances to save my soul that my entire life had been constructed around these chances! That was my nature - going from temptation to temptation, not to sin, but to be redeemed. ✨ Anne Rice (2003). Blood Canticle, Knopf Canada

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