Long before morning I knew that what I was seeking to discover was a t…

Cormac McCarthy
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Long before morning I knew that what I was seeking to discover was a thing I'd always known. That all courage was a form of constancy. That it is always himself that the coward abandoned first. After this all other betrayals come easily. ✨ Cormac McCarthy (1992). All the Pretty Horses, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated
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