Dante believed God punished suicides by trapping the person's spirit i…

Jodi Picoult
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Dante believed God punished suicides by trapping the person's spirit in a tree trunk. On Judgment Day, they were the only sinners who didn't get their souls back, because they tried to get rid of them once before. ✨ Jodi Picoult (2006). The Tenth Circle: A Novel, p.167, Simon and Schuster
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Dante believed God punished suicides by trapping the person's spirit in a tree trunk. On Judgment Day, they were the only sinners who didn't get their souls back, because they tried to get rid of them once before. ✨ Jodi Picoult (2006). The Tenth Circle: A Novel, p.167, Simon and Schuster

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