The girls took into their own hands decisions better left to God. They became too powerful to live among us, too self-concerned, too visionary, too blind. (Jeffrey Eugenides)

The girls took into their own hands decisions better left to God. They became too powerful to live among us, too self-concerned, too visionary, too blind.

Jeffrey Eugenides

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