If one were to be a person of value that value could not be a conditio…

Cormac McCarthy
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If one were to be a person of value that value could not be a condition subject to hazards of fortune. It had to be a quality that could not change. No matter what. ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2013). The Border Trilogy, p.223, Pan Macmillan
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