I'll wager at the end a body realizes the Lord has already shown Himse…

Truman Capote
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I'll wager at the end a body realizes the Lord has already shown Himself. That things as they are -- her hand circles in a gesture that gathers clouds and kites and grass and Queenie pawing earth over her bone - just what they've always seen, was seeing Him. As for me, I could leave the world with today in my eyes. ✨ Truman Capote (2012). A Christmas Memory, p.25, Modern Library
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