Only that man who has offered up himself entire to the blood of war, w…

Cormac McCarthy
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Only that man who has offered up himself entire to the blood of war, who has been to the floor of the pit and seen the horror in the round and learned at last that it speaks to his inmost heart, only that man can dance. - The judge ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2015). Blood Meridian: Picador Classic, p.349, Pan Macmillan
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