What could a child know of the darkness of God's plan? Or how flesh is…

Cormac McCarthy
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What could a child know of the darkness of God's plan? Or how flesh is so frail it is hardly more than a dream ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2010). Suttree, p.185, Pan Macmillan
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What could a child know of the darkness of God's plan? Or how flesh is so frail it is hardly more than a dream ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2010). Suttree, p.185, Pan Macmillan

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