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I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment. ↗

— Maria Monk

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My parents were both from Scotland, but had been resident in Lower Canada some time before their marriage, which took place in Montreal; and in that city I spent most of my life. ↗

— Maria Monk

#before #both #canada #city #had

On the day, therefore, when I went to the church to be confirmed, with a number of others, I suffered extremely from the reproaches of my conscience. ↗

— Maria Monk

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Priests, she insisted, could not sin. It was a thing impossible. Everything that they did, and wished, was of course right. She hoped I would see the reasonableness and duty of the oaths I was to take, and be faithful to them. ↗

— Maria Monk

#course #did #duty #everything #faithful

So far as I know, there were no pains taken to preserve secrecy on this subject; that is, I saw no attempt made to keep any of the inmates of the Convent in ignorance of the murder of children. ↗

— Maria Monk

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The only recreation there allowed, however, is that of the mind, and of this there is but little. ↗

— Maria Monk

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Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#entrance #free #market #nothing #which

Some of the priests from the Seminary were in the nunnery every day and night, and often several at a time. ↗

— Maria Monk

#every #every day #night #nunnery #often

The Bishop, as I have remarked, was not very dignified on all occasions, and sometimes acted in such a manner as would not have appeared well in public. ↗

— Maria Monk

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We were constantly hearing it repeated, that we must never again look upon ourselves as our own; but must remember, that we were solemnly and irrevocably devoted to God. ↗

— Maria Monk

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