I knew then that they had been men, neither gods nor demons. It is a great knowledge, hard to tell and believe. They were men - they went a dark road, but they were men. (Stephen Vincent Benét)

I knew then that they had been men, neither gods nor demons. It is a great knowledge, hard to tell and believe. They were men - they went a dark road, but they were men.

Stephen Vincent Benét

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