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Meaning
The quote presents war as something older than humanity, as if it existed before people did. It suggests war is a natural occupation waiting for the person who will carry it out. The wording treats violence as a defining human role rather than an exception.
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Source
Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West (2010)
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
The phrase appears in the book "Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West (2010)" by Cormac McCarthy (Google Books snippet); no earlier source was checked.
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About Cormac McCarthy
American author
Cormac McCarthy was an American author known for fiction and drama that moved across the Western, post-apocalyptic, and Southern Gothic traditions. He is credited with twelve novels, two plays, five screenplays, and three short stories. His work is marked by stark violence, spare punctuation, and minimal use of quotation attributions. Across those books and scripts, he developed a voice that is lean, severe, and closely associated with the American literary canon.
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Books by Cormac McCarthy
The Road
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All the Pretty Horses
1993
No Country for Old Men
2006
Blood Meridian
2015
The Crossing
2003