The Road for me had little to do with its post-apocalyptic setting, as modern life in many respects is emotionally post-apocalyptic as well. The parental drive for survival -- not so much human drive, but parental -- was very touching in that setting, just as it is in the world we live in.
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"Now I say that I know the meaning of my life: 'To live for God, for my soul.' And this meaning, in spite of its clearness, is mysterious and marvelous. Such is the meaning of all existence." Levin, Anna Karenina, Part 8, Chapter 12
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