He had a theory, Walt did, that the religious life, and all the agony …

J. D. Salinger
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He had a theory, Walt did, that the religious life, and all the agony that goes with it, is just something God sics on people who have the gall to accuse Him of having created an ugly world. ✨ Zooey (1957). Franny and Zooey. Book by J. D. Salinger, 1961.
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He had a theory, Walt did, that the religious life, and all the agony that goes with it, is just something God sics on people who have the gall to accuse Him of having created an ugly world. ✨ Zooey (1957). Franny and Zooey. Book by J. D. Salinger, 1961.

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