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Conversations after Going through Hell

June 22, 2018
“I read this story the other day about how people change their opinions?” Persephone said. Her voice lilted upward like she was asking a question, like she was inviting me into a conversation. “No one changes their opinions,” I said. “See, that’s what I thought, too, but then I read the story and...
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