He thought each memory recalled must do some violence to its origins. …

Cormac McCarthy
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He thought each memory recalled must do some violence to its origins. As in a party game. Say the words and pass it on. So be sparing. What you alter in the remembering has yet a reality, known or not. ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2010). The Road film tie-in, p.139, Pan Macmillan
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He thought each memory recalled must do some violence to its origins. As in a party game. Say the words and pass it on. So be sparing. What you alter in the remembering has yet a reality, known or not. ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2010). The Road film tie-in, p.139, Pan Macmillan

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