“Evil? No. I would say the wolf is perfectly made to be a wolf—as God intends.” “So then you wouldn't deny that each of us is perfectly made as well—to be what we are?”
“Like most men, Jimmy Jim was neither all good nor all bad. It is just that when he was bad, gentler people saw in him a disturbing fury. People, a lot them, don't understand fury. They understand anger and even hatred, but fury is one of those old words that have gone out of style. Jimmy Jim Bundrum understood it. It rode his shoulder like a parrot.”
― Ava's Man
― Ava's Man
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