Men say they only learn this but he said that no creature can learn th…

Cormac McCarthy
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Men say they only learn this but he said that no creature can learn that which his heart has no shape to hold. ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2013). The Border Trilogy, p.108, Pan Macmillan
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Men say they only learn this but he said that no creature can learn that which his heart has no shape to hold. ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2013). The Border Trilogy, p.108, Pan Macmillan

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