The Bible was the only book he read. He didn't read it often but when …

Flannery O'Connor
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The Bible was the only book he read. He didn't read it often but when he did he wore his mother's glasses. They tired his eyes so that after a short time he was always obliged to stop. ✨ Flannery O'Connor (2007). Wise Blood: A Novel, p.17, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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The Bible was the only book he read. He didn't read it often but when he did he wore his mother's glasses. They tired his eyes so that after a short time he was always obliged to stop. ✨ Flannery O'Connor (2007). Wise Blood: A Novel, p.17, Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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