There are a few of us - madmen all! - who are in love with knowing, who would sell the last shirt from our backs for one small truth, one tiny star-fire to light up the murk and mystery of what we call our life... We may go blind before we see it, that's the haunting. (Morris West)

There are a few of us - madmen all! - who are in love with knowing, who would sell the last shirt from our backs for one small truth, one tiny star-fire to light up the murk and mystery of what we call our life... We may go blind before we see it, that's the haunting.

Morris West

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