The RoadUseful Quotations

Barren, silent, godless.

Are we going to die?
Sometime. Not now.
And were still going south.
Yes.
So well be warm.
Yes.
Okay.
Okay what?
Nothing. ust okay.
!hat would you do i" # died?
#" you died # would want to die too.
So you $ould be with me?
Yes. So # $ould be with you.
Okay.
You "orget what you want to remember and remember
what you want to "orget.
A bla$kness to hurt your ears with listening.
%he wet grey "lakes twisting and "alling out o" nothing.
&ray slush by the roadside. Bla$k water running "rom
under the sodden dri"ts o" ash.
'ostly he worried about their shoes. %hat and "ood.
Always "ood.
#ts be$ause # wont e(er get to drink another one, isnt
it?
%he mummied dead e(erywhere. Shri(elled and
drawn like latterday bog"olk, their "a$es o" boiled
sheeting, the yellowed )alings o" their teeth.
*e wat$hed the boy slee)ing. +an you do it? !hen
the time $omes? +an you?
# ha(e to wat$h you all the time, the boy said.
# know.
#" you break little )romises youll break big ones. %hats
what you said.
# know. But # wont.
*e wi)ed the blood "rom his "a$e and held him. #ts
okay, he said. #ts okay.
%his is my $hild, he said. # wash a dead mans brains
out o" his hair. %hat is my ,ob.
'y ,ob is to take $are o" you. # was a))ointed to do
that by &od. # will kill anyone who tou$hes you. -o you
understand?
Yes . Are we still the good guys?
Yes. !ere still the good guys.
And we always will be.
Yes. !e always will be.
Okay.
!ere going to be okay, arent we /a)a?
Yes. !e are.
And nothing bad is going to ha))en to us.
%hats right.
Be$ause were $arrying the "ire.
Yes. be$ause were $arrying the "ire.
. he saw "or a brie" moment the absolute truth o" the
world. %he $old relentless $ir$ling o" the intestate earth.
-arkness im)la$able. %he blind dogs o" the sun in their
running. %he $rushing bla$k (a$uum o" the uni(erse.
(intestate = died without leaving a valid will)
%his what the good guys do. %hey kee) trying. %hey
dont gi(e u).
Okay.
HALFWAY THEY FIND THE BUNKER FILLED
WITH SUPPLIES
. and ga0ed one more time at this tiny )aradise
trembling in the orange light "rom the heater and then
he "ell aslee).
At the tide line a wo(en mat o" weeds and the ribs o"
"ishes in their millions stret$hing along the shore as "ar
as eye $ould see like an iso$line o" death.
Youre not the one who has to worry about e(erything.
%he boy said something but he $ouldnt understand him.
!hat? he said.
*e looked u), his wet and grimy "a$e. Yes # am, he
said. # am the one.
# want to be with you.
You $ant.
/lease.
You $ant. You ha(e to $arry the "ire.
# dont know how to.
Yes you do.
#s it real? %he "ire?
Yes it is.
!here is it? # dont know where it is.
Yes you do. #ts inside you. #t was always there. # $an
see it.
You said you wouldnt e(er lea(e me.
# know. #m sorry. You ha(e my whole heart. You
always did. Youre the best guy. You always were. #"
#m not here you $an still talk to me. You $an talk to me
and #ll talk to you. Youll see.
!ill # hear you?
Yes. You will. Youll ha(e to make it like talk that you
imagine. And youll hear me. You ha(e to )ra$ti$e. ust
dont gi(e u). Okay?
Okay.
She said that the breath o" &od was his breath yet
though it )ass "rom man to man through all o" time.