It looks a lot better from up here than it does down there, dont it? Y…

Cormac McCarthy
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It looks a lot better from up here than it does down there, dont it? Yes. It does. There's a lot of things look better at a distance. Yeah? I think so. I guess there are. The life you've lived, for one. Yeah. Maybe what of it you aint lived yet, too. ✨ Cormac McCarthy (1999). Cities of the plain, Vintage
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