Perhaps to protect me from the bright light of God. If ther… - Percival Everett

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Perhaps to protect me from the bright light of God. If there was a God, he or she was no good at its job. Apparently there was just too much to do, listening to the prayers of all those who actually mattered, the faithful, the pious, the deluded, the stupid.

Percival Everett

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Percival Everett (born 1956) is an American writer and professor.

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