“When you've nothing else construct ceremonies out of the air and breathe upon them.”

— Cormac McCarthy , book The Road

Variant: When one has nothing left make ceremonies out of the air and breathe upon them.
Source: The Road

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American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter 1933

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