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I do not know why the necessity of God Should feed on grief; but it seems so. — Christopher Fry

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I do not know why the necessity of God Should feed on grief; but it seems so.

Christopher Fry
1946
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Fry, Christopher. The Firstborn. Cambridge University Press, 1946, act 3, sc. 2.

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