My favourite qoute so far in the novel is actually rather early in the novel, it was filled with emotion and compassion when I read it.
"Everything uncoupled from its shortening. Unsupported in the ashen air.Sustained by a breath, trembling and brief. If only my heart were stone." (McCarthy 11.2)
The reason that this quotation is my favourite is because it goes to show that even in the times of hardship people still care for others, and they begin to question what is right. They stop wishing they cared so much but know that no matter what they wont be able too. I believe that the term "heart of stone" is meant to be taken metaphorically, because if the character wanted there heart to be stone he would be giving up everything, and wouldnt be able to take care of his son anymore. He is grieving over the loss of his wife, and wishing she did not pass away, and wishing that he could stop caring for their son. But he cant because his son is all he has left and the only reason he has to live.
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