Dark Words About War From a Novel

[Ligottian]

It makes no difference what men think of war. War endures. As well ask men what they think of stone. War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner. That is the way it was and will be. That way and not some other way.

-Blood Meridian, by Cormac McCarthy

 

[motel rooms]

It makes no difference what humans think of death. Death endures. As well ask humans what they think of stone. Death was always here. Before humans were, dying waited for them. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner. That is the way it was and will be. That way and not some other way.