Acts have their being in the witness. Without him who can speak of it?…

Cormac McCarthy
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Acts have their being in the witness. Without him who can speak of it? In the end one could even say that the act is nothing, the witness all. ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2010). The Crossing: Book 2 of The Border Trilogy, p.154, Vintage
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Acts have their being in the witness. Without him who can speak of it? In the end one could even say that the act is nothing, the witness all. ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2010). The Crossing: Book 2 of The Border Trilogy, p.154, Vintage

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