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“...humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them.”

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“The narrator, a time traveler from 2011, scoffs at the despondency caused by the Cuban Missile Crisis -- especially the drug and alcohol use of a resident of 1962 he supposedly cares about. Then he finds his compassion because he remembers he is the exception in being able to see beyond the immediate -- and foreboding -- horizon.”

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“My reasons? Michael’s relationship with God is real whether or not God is the transcendent power represented in the Bible.”

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Book:The Lifer and the Lawyer: A Story of Punishment, Penitence, and Privilege

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