It is community and respect, of course, but the dead have more claims …

Cormac McCarthy
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It is community and respect, of course, but the dead have more claims on you than what you might want to admit or even what you might know about and them claims can be very strong indeed. Very strong indeed. ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2007). No Country for Old Men, p.124, Vintage
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It is community and respect, of course, but the dead have more claims on you than what you might want to admit or even what you might know about and them claims can be very strong indeed. Very strong indeed. ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2007). No Country for Old Men, p.124, Vintage

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