Nothin wounded goes uphill, he said. It just dont happen. ✨ Cormac McC…

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Nothin wounded goes uphill, he said. It just dont happen. ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2010). No Country for Old Men, p.12, Pan Macmillan
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Nothin wounded goes uphill, he said. It just dont happen. ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2010). No Country for Old Men, p.12, Pan Macmillan

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