Paloma Ayana Stoecker (Delilah) Quotes

All this crap the church puts on you about divorce is just crap. You do the best that you can do, and when you can't do it, you can't do it.

Paloma Ayana Stoecker

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• All this crap the church puts on you about divorce is just crap. You do the best that you can do, and when you can't do it, you can't do it.

  

  Paloma Ayana Stoecker
  • Church
  • Divorce