J.D. McDonald

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You live all your life on lies, and then maybe when you're ready to die, it comes to you-that there's nothing, nothing but yourself and what you could have done.

John Williams (novelist)

Butcher's Crossing

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Topic

Living inauthentically Lying to oneself Regrets

Speaker

J.D. McDonald

Author

John Williams (novelist)

Source

Butcher's Crossing

Medium

Novel

Genre

Western fiction Western

Language

English

Time

1960 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Williams, John. Butcher's Crossing. Macmillan, 1960, pt. 3, ch. 1.