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The woman when she saw him put her arms around him and held him. Oh, she said, I am so glad to see you. She would talk to him sometimes about God. He tried to talk to God, but the best thing was to talk to his father and he did talk to him and he didnt forget. The woman said that was all right. She said that the breath of God was his breath yet though it pass from man to man through all of time.
-- "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
Divine inspiration held Monk off on rushing to the last page of "The Road." A full emotional reserve of energy was put to good use. Congratulations, Mr. McCarthy, you got Monk to cry. And you're a guy!
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The woman when she saw him put her arms around him and held him. Oh, she said, I am so glad to see you. She would talk to him sometimes about God. He tried to talk to God, but the best thing was to talk to his father and he did talk to him and he didnt forget. The woman said that was all right. She said that the breath of God was his breath yet though it pass from man to man through all of time.
-- "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
Divine inspiration held Monk off on rushing to the last page of "The Road." A full emotional reserve of energy was put to good use. Congratulations, Mr. McCarthy, you got Monk to cry. And you're a guy!
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Date: 2006-12-19 04:28 am (UTC)From:I would like to have both a hardcover and a paperback edition of my favorites, the one's I re-read. The paperbacks would be used when I'm on the run, or reading outside - something small and portable and which I wouldn't be afraid of messing up.
I may end up buying a paperback edition of "The Road" as well!