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10 Cards in this Set
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"He knew only that the child was his warrant.
He said if he is not the word of God God never spoke" |
The boy is all that keeps the man going and helps him retain hope.
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"Then they set out along the blacktop in the gunmetal light, shuffling through the ash, each the other's world entire"
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There is nothing left, but each other.
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"Have you a neck by which to throttle you?
Have you a heart? Damn you eternally have you a soul? Oh God, he whispered. Oh God." |
Seems to be talking to God.
And he is not a happy camper. |
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"And the dreams so rich in colour.
How else would death call you? Waking in the cold dawn it all turned to ash instantly. Like certain ancient frescoes entombed for centuries suddenly exposed to the day." |
Only relief from the bleak world is within his dreams.
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"She held his hand in her lap and he could feel the tops of her stocking through the thin stuff of her summer dress.
Freeze this frame. Now call down your dark and your cold and be damned." |
Similar to previous really, expresses the shock back into the waking world in a more harsh way maybe.
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"It's because I won't ever get to drink another one, isn't it?"
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The boy about the can of coke.
Might be handy for cultural context. |
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"Ever is a long time.
But the boy knew what he knew. That ever is no time at all." |
Boy has got his stuff figured out.
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"Within a year there were fires on the ridges and deranged chanting.
The screams of the murdered. By day the dead impaled on spikes along the road." |
Pretty powerful summary of what humanity resorted to so quickly.
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"The colour of it moved something in him long forgotten.
Make a list. Recite a litany. Remember. |
Huge fire nearby wakes him up.
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"They are going to rape us and kill us and eat us and you wont face it.
You'd rather wait for it to happen. But I can't. I can't." |
Mother with the description of the reality of their situation.
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