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Cormac McCarthy

“Every man’s death is a standing in for every other. And since death comes to all there is no way to abate the fear of it except to love that man who stands for us. We are not waiting for his history to be written. He passed here long ago. That man who is all men and who stands in the dock for us until our own time come and we must stand for him. Do you love him, that man? Will you honor the path he has taken? Will you listen to his tale?”

Cormac McCarthy, Cities of the Plain
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Cities of the Plain (The Border Trilogy, #3) Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy
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