All progressions from a higher to a lower order are marked by ruins an…

Cormac McCarthy
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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. ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2015). Blood Meridian: Picador Classic, p.153, Pan Macmillan
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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. ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2015). Blood Meridian: Picador Classic, p.153, Pan Macmillan

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