“He was just hungry, Papa. He's going to die.
He's going to die anyway.
He's so scared, Papa.
The man squatted and looked at him. I'm scared, he said. Do you understand? I'm scared.
The boy didn't answer. He just sat there with his head down, sobbing.
You're not the one who has to worry about everything.
The boy said something but he couldn't understand him. What? He said.
He looked up, his wet and grimy face. Yes I am, he said. I am the one.”
― The Road
He's going to die anyway.
He's so scared, Papa.
The man squatted and looked at him. I'm scared, he said. Do you understand? I'm scared.
The boy didn't answer. He just sat there with his head down, sobbing.
You're not the one who has to worry about everything.
The boy said something but he couldn't understand him. What? He said.
He looked up, his wet and grimy face. Yes I am, he said. I am the one.”
― The Road
“Can you do it? When the time comes? When the time comes there will be no time. Now is the time. Curse God and die.”
― The Road
― The Road
“What he could bear in the waking world he could not by night and he sat awake for fear the dream would return.”
― The Road
― The Road
“When one has nothing left make ceremonies out of the air and breathe upon them.”
― The Road
― The Road
“You have my whole heart. You always did.”
― The Road
― The Road
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