The sacred idiom shorn of its referents and so of its reality. Author: Cormac McCarthy Copy Quote More from Cormac McCarthy “A legion of horribles, hundreds in number, half naked or clad in costumes attic…” “Only that man who has offered up himself entire to the blood of war, who has be…” “With the final onset of dark the iron cold locked down and the boy by now was s…” “They were watching, out there past men's knowing, where stars are drowning and …”