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I can't stop praying for you, even when I know you aren't coming. You won't save me. You never have. No matter how much I want you to.

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i'm swallowed up by this catholic guilt, oh god

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Wasted and worn out and wondering, 'Where do I fit?' And scared as hell 'cause I knew I was different. What's it like to be normal? To want what normal girls should? God knows, life would be easier. If I could be normal, then, trust me, I would. Trust me, I would.

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Dear wise one: am I worthy?

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Marching in line in the halls of my Catholic school, seven Hail Marys if I copped an attitude, and God was a word I had spoken but I hardly knew, kneeling down at the altar with no clue who I was talking to.

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Do not pray to your God, because oh, Lord, he's listening.

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'Straight people,' he thinks, 'probably don't spend this much time convincing themselves that they're straight.'

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I've got a God-shaped hole that's infected. And I'm petrified of being alone… It's pathetic. I know.

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'Pray for anything,' my mother says. Can I pray for my body to unloosen into a thing that does not invoke shame? Can I pray for the weight in my chest to stop yearning for women? Can I pray to repent for things I never felt sorry for? 'Pray for anything,' she says. And I do.

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I have been astonished that Men could be Martyrs for religion - I have shudder'd at it - I shudder no more - I could be martyr'd for my Religion - Love is my religion - I could be a martyr for that - I could be a martyr for you.

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You're my religion; I continue to pray to you even though you've already forsaken me.

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His parents cared more about the Bible than being good to their own child.

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The legacy of Khaenri'ah is long gone, the sinners are all that's left, and they're not worth mentioning.

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My mother thinks that who I love is evil. The church told her so. My mother thinks that who I am is evil. The church told her so. My mother thinks that I am hurting. But the church did this to me.

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I begged God to save me, and he shoved more torment down my throat to keep me quiet.

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There is no god. At least, not a loving one. A loving god wouldn't have let it happen. A loving god wouldn't have just sat back and watched. A loving god wouldn't have hurt an innocent child, again and again and again and again and again and-

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I made you think it was something to be ashamed of...! Whether we want it or not, it's a part of you. And I love every part of you!

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Our father, who art in heaven. Hallowed be thy name.

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There's a devil here on this Earth! I saw him! He looked like a human, and talked like one, too, but his tongue was twisted and his hands were wicked. It gets even worse; he spoke God's word to excuse his devil's work. He took my angel wings and blamed You, Lord.

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I've been raising up my hands, drive another nail it, got enough guilt to start my own religion.