Only that man who has offered up himself entire to the blood of war, who has been to … - Cormac McCarthy

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If Paris that brief flight allow, My humble tomb explore! It bears: Eternity, be thou My refuge! and no more.

Cormac McCarthy

Only that man who has offered up himself entire to the blood of war, who has been to the floor of the pit and seen the horror in the round and learned at last that it speaks to his inmost heart, only that man can dance. - The judge

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He lay listening to the water drip in the woods. Bedrock, this. The cold and the silence. The ashes of the late world carried on the bleak and temporal winds to and fro in the void. Carried forth and scattered and carried forth again. Everything uncoupled from its shoring. Unsupported in the ashen air. Sustained by a breath, trembling and brief. If only my heart were stone.

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The closest bonds we will ever know are bonds of grief. The deepest community one of sorrow.

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I think that when the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be there yet. It dont move about from place to place and it dont change from time to time. You cant corrupt it any more than you can salt salt.

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Choose your enemies carefully 'cause they will define you Make them interesting 'cause in some ways they will mind you They're not there in the beginning but when your story ends Gonna last with you longer than your friend

Beginning, Carefully, Cause, Enemy, Interesting, Mind

Ever dumb thing I ever done in my life there was a decision I made before that got me into it. It was never the dumb thing. It was always some choice I'd made before it.

Choices, Decision, Dumb, Thing

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