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Cormac McCarthy, The Road Quotes: In the draws the smoke coming off the ground like mist and the thin black trees burning on the slopes like heathen candles.
         

In the draws the smoke coming off the ground like mist and the thin black trees burning on the slopes like heathen candles.


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