Basements Quote by Robert Farrar Capon

“The truth that makes us free is always ticking away like a time-bomb in the basement of everybody's church.” quote by Robert Farrar Capon — Download Open image

“The truth that makes us free is always ticking away like a time-bomb in the basement of everybody's church.”

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