Borrowed time and borrowed world and borrowed eyes with which to sorro…

Cormac McCarthy
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Borrowed time and borrowed world and borrowed eyes with which to sorrow it. ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2007). The Road, p.110, Vintage
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