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The RoadUseful Quotations

Barren, silent, godless.

Are we going to die?Sometime. Not now.And were still going south.Yes.So well be warm.Yes.

Okay.Okay what?Nothing. ust okay.

!hat would you do i" # died?#" you died # would want to die too.So you $ould be with me?Yes. So # $ould be with you.Okay.

You "orget what you want to remember and rememberwhat you want to "orget.

A bla$kness to hurt your ears with listening.

%he wet grey "lakes twisting and "alling out o" nothing.&ray slush by the roadside. Bla$k water running "romunder the sodden dri"ts o" ash.

'ostly he worried about their shoes. %hat and "ood.Always "ood.

#ts be$ause # wont e(er get to drink another one, isntit?

%he mummied dead e(erywhere. Shri(elled anddrawn like latterday bog"olk, their "a$es o" boiled

sheeting, the yellowed )alings o" their teeth.

*e wat$hed the boy slee)ing. +an you do it? !henthe time $omes? +an you?

# ha(e to wat$h you all the time, the boy said.# know.#" you break little )romises youll break big ones. %hatswhat you said.# know. But # wont.

*e wi)ed the blood "rom his "a$e and held him. #tsokay, he said. #ts okay.%his is my $hild, he said. # wash a dead mans brainsout o" his hair. %hat is my ob.

'y ob is to take $are o" you. # was a))ointed to dothat by &od. # will kill anyone who tou$hes you. -o youunderstand?Yes Are we still the good guys?Yes. !ere still the good guys.And we always will be.Yes. !e always will be.Okay.

!ere going to be okay, arent we /a)a?Yes. !e are.And nothing bad is going to ha))en to us.%hats right.Be$ause were $arrying the "ire.Yes. be$ause were $arrying the "ire.

he saw "or a brie" moment the absolute truth o" theworld. %he $old relentless $ir$ling o" the intestate earth.-arkness im)la$able. %he blind dogs o" the sun in their

running. %he $rushing bla$k (a$uum o" the uni(erse.(intestate = died without leaving a valid will)

%his what the good guys do. %hey kee) trying. %heydont gi(e u).Okay.

HALFWAY THEY FIND THE BUNKER FILLED

WITH SUPPLIES

and ga0ed one more time at this tiny )aradisetrembling in the orange light "rom the heater and thenhe "ell aslee).

At the tide line a wo(en mat o" weeds and the ribs o""ishes in their millions stret$hing along the shore as "aras eye $ould see like an iso$line o" death.

Youre not the one who has to worry about e(erything.%he boy said something but he $ouldnt understand him.!hat? he said.*e looked u), his wet and grimy "a$e. Yes # am, hesaid. # am the one.

# want to be with you.You $ant./lease.You $ant. You ha(e to $arry the "ire.# dont know how to.Yes you do.#s it real? %he "ire?Yes it is.!here is it? # dont know where it is.Yes you do. #ts inside you. #t was always there. # $ansee it.

You said you wouldnt e(er lea(e me.# know. #m sorry. You ha(e my whole heart. Youalways did. Youre the best guy. You always were. #"#m not here you $an still talk to me. You $an talk to meand #ll talk to you. Youll see.!ill # hear you?Yes. You will. Youll ha(e to make it like talk that youimagine. And youll hear me. You ha(e to )ra$ti$e. ustdont gi(e u). Okay?Okay.

She said that the breath o" &od was his breath yet

though it )ass "rom man to man through all o" time.