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She was gone and the coldness of it was her final gift.
Cormac McCarthy
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Cormac McCarthy
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: July 20
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Charles McCarthy
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They spoke less and less between them until at last they were silent altogether as is often the way with travelers approaching the end of a journey.
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He thought that in the history of the world it might even be that there was more punishment than crime but he took small comfort from it.
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All progressions from a higher to a lower order are marked by ruins and mystery and a residue of nameless rage.
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What he loved in horses was what he loved in men, the blood and the heat of the blood that ran them. All his reverence and all his fondness and all the leanings of his life were for the ardenhearted and they would always be so and never be otherwise. (All the Pretty Horses)
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If people knew the story of their lives how many would then elect to live them? People speak about what is in store. But there is nothing in store. The day is made of what has come before. The world itself must be surprised at the shape of that which appears. Perhaps even God.
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