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“Clean up a pigsty," she commented one evening, "and if the creatures in it still have pig-minds and pig-desires, soon it will be the same old pigsty again.”

Quote by Catherine Marshall

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Catherine Marshall

Catherine Marshall was an American author, born on September 27, 1914, and died on March 18, 1983. She is known for her deeply religious-themed novels. more

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