He could not construct for the child's pleasure the world he'd lost wi…

Cormac McCarthy
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He could not construct for the child's pleasure the world he'd lost without constructing the loss as well and he thought perhaps the child had known this better than he. ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2010). The Road, p.163, Pan Macmillan
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