How would you know if you were the last man on Earth? He said. I don't…

Cormac McCarthy
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How would you know if you were the last man on Earth? He said. I don't guess you would know it. You'd just be it. Nobody would know it. It wouldn't make any difference. When you die it's the same as if everybody else died too. ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2007). The Road, p.143, Vintage
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How would you know if you were the last man on Earth? He said. I don't guess you would know it. You'd just be it. Nobody would know it. It wouldn't make any difference. When you die it's the same as if everybody else died too. ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2007). The Road, p.143, Vintage

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