Mark Slouka...like a small stone deflected off a larger one, my brother had spun off toward the Almighty, though to my mind the events of that morning could just as well have cast him the other way.
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The quote above is from the story "The Small Stone," written by American writer James A. Michener... In the story, a large stone falls from a mountain and kills a young... Continue reading on Wikipedia
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