I think that when the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be t…

Cormac McCarthy
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I think that when the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be there yet. It dont move about from place to place and it dont change from time to time. You cant corrupt it any more than you can salt salt. ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2007). No Country for Old Men, p.123, Vintage
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