"He thought each memory recalled must do some violence to its origins. As in a party game. Say the words and pass it on. So be sparing. What you alter in the remembering has yet a reality, known or not."
Cormac McCarthy was an American novelist and playwright known for influential literary fiction. His major works include Blood Meridian, The Road, and No Country for Old Men. He is regarded as one of the most significant American writers of his era.