His whole life was sitting there in front of him. Day after day from dawn till dark until he was dead. All of it cooked down into forty pounds of paper in a satchel.
He looked at Chigurh. He looked at the new day paling all about. Chigurh shot him through the forehead and then stood watching. Watching the capillaries break up in his eyes. The light receding. Watching his own image degrade in that squandered world.
One of the things you realize about gettin older is that not everbody is goin to get older with you.
Things happen to you they happen. They dont ask first. They dont require your permission. That’s the truth if I ever heard it told, she said.
You dont start over. That’s what it’s about. Ever step you take is forever. You cant make it go away. None of it.
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