His avenging angel had come to call him home. A suicide was waiting fo…

Gregory Maguire
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His avenging angel had come to call him home. A suicide was waiting for him back in his own world, and by now he ought to have learned enough to get through it successfully.
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Just my luck, if I believed in luck. I only believe in the opposite of luck, whatever that is. ✨ Gregory Maguire (2009). A Lion Among Men: Volume Three in The Wicked Years, p.25, Harper Collins
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His avenging angel had come to call him home. A suicide was waiting for him back in his own world, and by now he ought to have learned enough to get through it successfully.

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