“It's not about knowin where you are. It's about thinkin you got there without takin anything with you. Your notions about startin over. Or anybody's. You dont start over. That's what it's about. Every step you take is forever. You cant make it go away. None of it.”

— Cormac McCarthy, book No Country for Old Men

No Country for Old Men (2005)

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