What he could bear in the waking world he could not by night and he sa…

Cormac McCarthy
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What he could bear in the waking world he could not by night and he sat awake for fear the dream would return. ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2010). The Road film tie-in, p.137, Pan Macmillan
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