He stood at the window of the empty cafe and watched the activites in …

Cormac McCarthy
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He stood at the window of the empty cafe and watched the activites in the square and he said that it was good that God kept the truths of life from the young as they were starting out or else they'd have no heart to start at all. ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2012). All the Pretty Horses, p.291, Pan Macmillan
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