Then the sun broke above the crest of the hills and the entire countryside looked soaked in blood, … - James Lee Burke

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If I thought that everything I did was determined by my circumstancse and my psychological condition, I woudl feel trapped.

James Lee Burke

Then the sun broke above the crest of the hills and the entire countryside looked soaked in blood, the arroyos deep in shadow, the cones of dead volcanoes stark and biscuit-colored against the sky. I could smell pinion trees, wet sage, woodsmoke, cattle in the pastures, and creek water that had melted from snow. I could smell the way the country probably was when it was only a dream in the mind of God.

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