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Meaning
The line suggests that the person can endure hardships while awake, but cannot withstand what happens in dreams. It shows how fear follows him into sleep, leaving him unable to rest. The contrast makes the dream feel more threatening than the waking world.
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Source
The Road (2019)
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
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The phrase appears in the book "The Road (2019)" 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
2007
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1993
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2006
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