Like it or not, we either add to the darkness of indifference and out-and-out evil which surrounds us or we light a candle to see by. (Madeleine L'Engle)

Like it or not, we either add to the darkness of indifference and out-and-out evil which surrounds us or we light a candle to see by.

Madeleine L'Engle

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