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Cormac McCarthy, The Road Quotes: How would you know if you were the last man on Earth? He said.I don't guess you would know it. You'd just be it.
         

How would you know if you were the last man on Earth? He said.I don't guess you would know it. You'd just be it.


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This page presents the quote "How would you know if you were the last man on Earth? He said.I don't guess you would know it. You'd just be it.". Author of this quote is Cormac McCarthy, The Road. This quote is about death, life, solitude, apocalypse,.