In the spaniards heart is a great yearning for freedom, but only his o…

Cormac McCarthy
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In the spaniards heart is a great yearning for freedom, but only his own. A great love for truth and honor in all its forms, but not in its substance. And a deep conviction that nothing can be proven except that it be made to bleed. Virgins, bulls, men. Ultimately God himself. ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2012). All the Pretty Horses, p.235, Pan Macmillan
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