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If you think about some of the things that are being talked about by thoughtful, intelligent scientists, you realize that in 100 years the human race won't even be recognizable.
Cormac McCarthy
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Cormac McCarthy
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: July 20
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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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There is no forgiveness. For women. A man may lose his honor and regain it again. But a woman cannot. She cannot.
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