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I think if you were Satan and you were settin around tryin to think up somethin that would just bring the human race to its knees what you would probably come up with is narcotics.
I think if you were Satan and you were settin around tryin to think up somethin that would just bring the human race to its knees what you would probably come up with is narcotics.
Approximate author period: c. 1978 AD · modern
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- Cormac McCarthy
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- Approximate author period: c. 1978 AD · modern
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