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Walker Percy

“What does a man live for but to have a girl, use his mind, practice his trade, drink a drink, read a book, and watch the martins wing it for the Amazon and the three-fingered sassafras turn red in October?
Art Immelmann is right. Man is not made for suffering, night sweats, and morning terrors.”

Walker Percy, Love in the Ruins
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Love in the Ruins Love in the Ruins by Walker Percy
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