“Why would he marry a twelve-year-old?” “He had a dream whe… - Emily St. John Mandel

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“Why would he marry a twelve-year-old?”
“He had a dream where God told him he was to repopulate the earth.”
“Of course he did,” the clarinet said. “Don’t they all have dreams like that?”
“Right, I always thought that was a prerequisite for being a prophet,” Sayid said.

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Emily St. John Mandel (born 1979) is a Canadian novelist.

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Alternative Names: Emily St. John Fairbanks

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