If goodness can't come from bad things, it makes bad things unbearable…

David Levithan
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If goodness can't come from bad things, it makes bad things unbearable. ✨ David Levithan (2009). Love Is the Higher Law, p.104, Knopf Books for Young Readers
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If goodness can't come from bad things, it makes bad things unbearable. ✨ David Levithan (2009). Love Is the Higher Law, p.104, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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