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"The heart beneath the breastbone pumping. The blood on its appointed rounds. Life in small places, narrow crannies. In the leaves, the toad's pulse. The delicate cellular warfare in a waterdrop. A dextrocardiac, said the smiling doctor. Your heart's in the right place. Weathershrunk and loveless. The skin drawn and split like an overripe fruit."

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About Cormac McCarthy

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.

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