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Robert Clegg
is on page 157 of 351
I am starting to grasp at some of the themes in the book, I think.
I am repeatedly amazed at how well McCarthy is at writing scenes and descriptions.
— May 17, 2026 09:50PM
I am repeatedly amazed at how well McCarthy is at writing scenes and descriptions.
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Robert Clegg
is on page 142 of 351
This book's writing is so dense, and that's not meant as an insult, but it is so dense that it requires me to read aloud to get the most out of it. This, I began doing today and had such greater success in my comprehension that I believe that it may be of worthwhile pursuit to begin reading this bout aloud from the very beginning.
— May 14, 2026 07:11AM
Robert Clegg
is on page 128 of 351
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"And so these parties divided upon that midnight plain, each passing back the way the other had come, pursuing as all travelers must inversions without end upon other men's journeys"
"Out of that whirlwind no voice spoke and the pilgrim lying in his broken bones may cry out and in his anguish he may rage, but rage at what?"
This book requires a lot of focus. Definitely worth rereading again when done.
— May 13, 2026 07:29AM
"And so these parties divided upon that midnight plain, each passing back the way the other had come, pursuing as all travelers must inversions without end upon other men's journeys"
"Out of that whirlwind no voice spoke and the pilgrim lying in his broken bones may cry out and in his anguish he may rage, but rage at what?"
This book requires a lot of focus. Definitely worth rereading again when done.
