I’m unable to determine the origin of this saying.
It sounds biblical. But a google search shows people attributing it to everyone from Stephen King to Mary Poppins to some girl’s grandmother.
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Eric Robert Nolan, Author 
Huh?
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kicking me in the teeth too. I love the quote and want to attribute it properly. Glad I’m not the only one; misery loves company.
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Isn’t it from Bluebeard?
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Isn’t it from Bluebeard?
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I don’t know!! 🙂
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I mean, I guess someone could read it. I know I read it in a King book, and I think he credited it to that story.
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Right … people online keep pointing out that King has used it a bunch of times.
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Storm of the century
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I read it in “Storm of The Century” by Stephen King…
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