My dad had always told me I was a bit special, but I never believed him because I just thought, "that's what dads say. He's got to say that."

我父亲总说我与众不同，但我从不信因为我认为，“他做为父亲才那么说的。”

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I believed my brother was an honest person and would be released from prison, because they had nothing on him.

我相信我兄弟是个诚实的人，他一定会被释放，因为他们没有任何证据证明他有罪。

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I believe him, because he believed that people are much longer Nepi faces.

我很相信他的，因为他就长得一副让人相信的面孔。

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But neither Susan nor Lynn seemed right for a Quaker girl converting to Catholicism, as I had been in the process of doing with Father James, wishing to fill the long empty hours with something commensurate with my desire and because I loved him and believed he would like me better with a name like Mary.

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