The mercy of the world is you don't know what's going to happen. ✨ Wen…

Wendell Berry
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The mercy of the world is you don't know what's going to happen. ✨ Wendell Berry (2001). Jayber Crow: A Novel, p.171, Counterpoint Press
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The mercy of the world is you don't know what's going to happen. ✨ Wendell Berry (2001). Jayber Crow: A Novel, p.171, Counterpoint Press

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