The frailty of everything revealed at last. Old and troubling issues r…

Cormac McCarthy
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The frailty of everything revealed at last. Old and troubling issues resolved into nothingness and night. The last instance of a thing takes the class with it. Turns out the light and is gone. Look around you. Ever is a long time. But the boy knew what he knew. That ever is no time at all. ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2007). The Road, p.24, Vintage
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