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Cormac McCarthy quotes: You are either born a writer or you are not. You are either born a writer or you are not.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Tell us where the world went. Tell us where the world went.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: The sacred idiom shorn of its referents and so of its reality. The sacred idiom shorn of its referents and so of its reality.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: He said if he is not the word of God God never spoke (4) He said if he is not the word of God God never spoke (4)
Cormac McCarthy quotes: If he is not the word of God, then God never spoke. If he is not the word of God, then God never spoke.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: This is a dog. He is dead too. This This is a dog. He is dead too. This
Cormac McCarthy quotes: But nothing is crueler than a coward, and the slaughter to come is probably beyond our imagining. But nothing is crueler than a coward, and the slaughter to come is probably beyond our imagining.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Do you think God knows what's happenin?I expect he does.You think he can stop it?No. I dont. Do you think God knows what's happenin?
I expect he does.
You think he can stop it?
No. I dont.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Just take me with you. Please.I cant.Please, Papa.I cant. I cant hold my son dead in my arms. I thought I could but I cant. Just take me with you. Please.
I cant.
Please, Papa.
I cant. I cant hold my son dead in my arms. I thought I could but I cant.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: My daddy used to tell me not to chew on something that was eatin you. My daddy used to tell me not to chew on something that was eatin you.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Hard weather, says the old man. So let it be. Wrap me in the weathers of the earth, I will be hard and hard. My face will wash rain like Hard weather, says the old man. So let it be. Wrap me in the weathers of the earth, I will be hard and hard. My face will wash rain like the stones.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Suppose you were the last one left? Suppose you did that to yourself? Suppose you were the last one left? Suppose you did that to yourself?
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Buddy when he come back from up in the panhandle told me one time it quit blowin up there and all the chickens fell over. Buddy when he come back from up in the panhandle told me one time it quit blowin up there and all the chickens fell over.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: If people knew the story of their lives, how many would then elect to live them? If people knew the story of their lives, how many would then elect to live them?
Cormac McCarthy quotes: The spotlight kept rowing back and forth across the face of the ridge. Methodically. Bright shuttle, dark loom. The spotlight kept rowing back and forth across the face of the ridge. Methodically. Bright shuttle, dark loom.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: This night, thy soul may be required of thee. This night, thy soul may be required of thee.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: I knew that courage came with less struggle for some than for others but I believed that anyone who desired it could have it. I knew that courage came with less struggle for some than for others but I believed that anyone who desired it could have it.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: They passed, leaving a trail of foxfire shuffled up out of the wet leaves like stars plowed in a ship's wake. They passed, leaving a trail of foxfire shuffled up out of the wet leaves like stars plowed in a ship's wake.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: What man is such a coward he would not rather fall once than remain forever tottering? What man is such a coward he would not rather fall once than remain forever tottering?
Cormac McCarthy quotes: At our noblest we announce to the darkness that we will not be diminished by the brevity of our lives. At our noblest we announce to the darkness that we will not be diminished by the brevity of our lives.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Commend him gently, whom the wrath he suckled at his heart has wasted more than years. Commend him gently, whom the wrath he suckled at his heart has wasted more than years.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: When the lambs is lost in the mountain, he said. They is cry. Sometime come the mother. Sometime the wolf. When the lambs is lost in the mountain, he said. They is cry. Sometime come the mother. Sometime the wolf.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Ive seen the meanness of humans till I dont know why God aint put out the sun and gone away. Ive seen the meanness of humans till I dont know why God aint put out the sun and gone away.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Dwindling slowly on the road behind him like some storybook peddler from an antique time, dark and bent and spider thin and soon to vanish forever. Dwindling slowly on the road behind him like some storybook peddler from an antique time, dark and bent and spider thin and soon to vanish forever.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Other than a light beading of sweat on his forehead there was little evidence that his labors had cost him anything at all. Other than a light beading of sweat on his forehead there was little evidence that his labors had cost him anything at all.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: He looked like he was studying something small in the grass. He looked like he was studying something small in the grass.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: His mind was betraying him. Phantoms not heard from in a thousand years rousing slowly from their sleep. His mind was betraying him. Phantoms not heard from in a thousand years rousing slowly from their sleep.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Did you learn to whisper in a sawmill? Did you learn to whisper in a sawmill?
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Somebody has been fuckin my watermelons. Somebody has been fuckin my watermelons.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: They say that women dream of danger to those in their care and men of danger to themselves. But I dont dream at all. They say that women dream of danger to those in their care and men of danger to themselves. But I dont dream at all.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Do you think I lie to you?No.But you think I might lie to you about dying.Yes.Okay. I might. But we're not dying.Okay. Do you think I lie to you?
No.
But you think I might lie to you about dying.
Yes.
Okay. I might. But we're not dying.
Okay.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: A rich smell of woodsmoke hung over the road. A rich smell of woodsmoke hung over the road.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: In a world darksome as this'n I believe a blind man ort to be better sighted than most. In a world darksome as this'n I believe a blind man ort to be better sighted than most.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Can you do it? When the time comes? When the time comes there will be no time. Now is the time. Curse God and die. Can you do it? When the time comes? When the time comes there will be no time. Now is the time. Curse God and die.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: What is true of one man, said the judge, is true of many. What is true of one man, said the judge, is true of many.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: They slept huddled together in the rank quilts in the dark and the cold. He held the boy close to him. So thin. My heart, he said. My heart. They slept huddled together in the rank quilts in the dark and the cold. He held the boy close to him. So thin. My heart, he said. My heart.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Ever is a long time. Ever is a long time.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: He walked out on the beach to the edge of the light and stood with his clenched fists on top of his skull and fell to his knees sobbing in He walked out on the beach to the edge of the light and stood with his clenched fists on top of his skull and fell to his knees sobbing in rage.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: People were always getting ready for tomorrow. I didn't believe in that. Tomorrow wasn't getting ready for them. It didn't even know they were there. People were always getting ready for tomorrow. I didn't believe in that. Tomorrow wasn't getting ready for them. It didn't even know they were there.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Who is it? said the boy.I dont know. Who is anybody? Who is it? said the boy.
I dont know. Who is anybody?
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Can't stop what's coming. Ain't no waiting on you. That's vanity. Can't stop what's coming. Ain't no waiting on you. That's vanity.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: If a man's at odds to know his own mind it's because he hasn't got aught but his mind to know it with. If a man's at odds to know his own mind it's because he hasn't got aught but his mind to know it with.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: If there is an occupational hazard to writing, it's drinking. If there is an occupational hazard to writing, it's drinking.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: I've no sympathy with people to whom things happen. It may be that their luck is bad, but is that to count in their favor? I I've no sympathy with people to whom things happen. It may be that their luck is bad, but is that to count in their favor? I
Cormac McCarthy quotes: They camped that night on the foreplain at the foot of a talus slope and the murder that had been reckoned upon took place. They camped that night on the foreplain at the foot of a talus slope and the murder that had been reckoned upon took place.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Old woods and deep. At one time in the world there were woods that no one owned and these were like them. Old woods and deep. At one time in the world there were woods that no one owned and these were like them.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: He is where he is supposed to be. And yet the place he has found is also of his own choosing. That is a piece of luck not to be He is where he is supposed to be. And yet the place he has found is also of his own choosing. That is a piece of luck not to be despised.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: All progressions from a higher to a lower order are marked by ruins and mystery and a residue of nameless rage. All progressions from a higher to a lower order are marked by ruins and mystery and a residue of nameless rage.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: There's a kind of man that when he cant have what he wants he wont take the next best thing but the worst he can find. There's a kind of man that when he cant have what he wants he wont take the next best thing but the worst he can find.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: I dont know what happens to country. I dont know what happens to country.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Call it, friend-O" (No Country For Old Men) Call it, friend-O" (No Country For Old Men)
Cormac McCarthy quotes: How these things end. In confusion and curses and blood. How these things end. In confusion and curses and blood.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Word gets around when the circus comes to town, don't it? Word gets around when the circus comes to town, don't it?
Cormac McCarthy quotes: The faint light all about, quivering and sourceless, refracted in the rain of drifting soot. The faint light all about, quivering and sourceless, refracted in the rain of drifting soot.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Sparse on the mesa the dry weeds lashed in the wind like the earth's long echo of lance and spear in old encounters forever unrecorded. Sparse on the mesa the dry weeds lashed in the wind like the earth's long echo of lance and spear in old encounters forever unrecorded.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: The man could hear him playing. A formless music for the age to come. Or perhaps the last music on earth called up from out of the ashes of its The man could hear him playing. A formless music for the age to come. Or perhaps the last music on earth called up from out of the ashes of its ruin.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: The wind sounded of Mother Earth's forsaken and abandoned cries. The wind sounded of Mother Earth's forsaken and abandoned cries.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Men believe the cure for war is war as the curandero prescribes the serpent's flesh for its bite. Men believe the cure for war is war as the curandero prescribes the serpent's flesh for its bite.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: The child would ask him questions about the world that for him was not even a memory. He thought hard how to answer. There is no past. The child would ask him questions about the world that for him was not even a memory. He thought hard how to answer. There is no past.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: He may be dead; or he may be teaching English. He may be dead; or he may be teaching English.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: guess he said cattle could tell the difference between a flight of geese and a cat on fire. Maybe guess he said cattle could tell the difference between a flight of geese and a cat on fire. Maybe
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Every day is a lie. But you are dying. That is not a lie. Every day is a lie. But you are dying. That is not a lie.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Usually, you don't know where a book comes from ... it's just there, some kind of an itch that you can't quite scratch. Usually, you don't know where a book comes from ... it's just there, some kind of an itch that you can't quite scratch.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: It's like a lot of things, said the smith. Do the least part of it wrong and ye'd just as well to do it all wrong. It's like a lot of things, said the smith. Do the least part of it wrong and ye'd just as well to do it all wrong.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: The things that I loved were very frail. Very fragile. I didn't know that. I thought they were indestructible. They weren't. The things that I loved were very frail. Very fragile. I didn't know that. I thought they were indestructible. They weren't.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Our waking life's desire to shape the world to our convenience invites all manner of paradox and difficulty. Our waking life's desire to shape the world to our convenience invites all manner of paradox and difficulty.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Ten thousand dreams ensepulchred within their crozzled hearts. Ten thousand dreams ensepulchred within their crozzled hearts.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent. Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: People think they know what they want but they generally don't. Sometimes if they're lucky they'll get it anyways. People think they know what they want but they generally don't. Sometimes if they're lucky they'll get it anyways.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: I ain't got an original thought in my head. If it ain't got the scent of divinity to it, I ain't interested in it I ain't got an original thought in my head. If it ain't got the scent of divinity to it, I ain't interested in it
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Where man can't live gods fare no better. You'll see. It's better to be alone. Where man can't live gods fare no better. You'll see. It's better to be alone.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: He'd half meant to speak but those eyes had altered the world forever in the space of a heartbeat. He'd half meant to speak but those eyes had altered the world forever in the space of a heartbeat.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: For the most part they were dead by rumor. A yellowed scrap of newsprint. A letter. A telegram. For the most part they were dead by rumor. A yellowed scrap of newsprint. A letter. A telegram.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: We none of us knew him to speak [Dutch]. Asked him where he'd learned it you know what he said?What did he say.Said off a Dutchman. We none of us knew him to speak [Dutch]. Asked him where he'd learned it you know what he said?
What did he say.
Said off a Dutchman.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: From thinking about your sweet face between my legs. From thinking about your sweet face between my legs.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: What joins men together ... is not the sharing of bread but the sharing of enemies. What joins men together ... is not the sharing of bread but the sharing of enemies.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: like most men skilled at their work they were scornful of any least suggestion of knowing anything not learned at first hand. like most men skilled at their work they were scornful of any least suggestion of knowing anything not learned at first hand.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Goodness will find the little boy. It always has. It will again. Goodness will find the little boy. It always has. It will again.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Things happen to you they happen. They dont ask first. They dont require your permission. Things happen to you they happen. They dont ask first. They dont require your permission.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: When the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be their yet. When the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be their yet.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Finally he said that among men there was no such communion as among horses and the notion that men can be understood at all was probably an illusion. Finally he said that among men there was no such communion as among horses and the notion that men can be understood at all was probably an illusion.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Beware, gentle knight. There is no greater monster than reason. Beware, gentle knight. There is no greater monster than reason.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Here beyond men's judgments all covenants were brittle. Here beyond men's judgments all covenants were brittle.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: He couldn't remember where he was. The thought made him smile He couldn't remember where he was. The thought made him smile
Cormac McCarthy quotes: When you die it's the same as if everybody else did too. When you die it's the same as if everybody else did too.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Life is brief and to have to spend every day of it doing what somebody else wants you to do is not the way to live it. Life is brief and to have to spend every day of it doing what somebody else wants you to do is not the way to live it.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: There were few nights lying in the dark that he did not envy the dead. There were few nights lying in the dark that he did not envy the dead.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: whoever approaches his goal dances whoever approaches his goal dances
Cormac McCarthy quotes: He did not know how hawks mated but he knew that all things fought. He did not know how hawks mated but he knew that all things fought.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: The trouble with a liar is he can't remember what he said. The trouble with a liar is he can't remember what he said.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: They were watching, out there past men's knowing, where stars are drowning and whales ferry their vast souls through the black and seamless sea. They were watching, out there past men's knowing, where stars are drowning and whales ferry their vast souls through the black and seamless sea.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Ultimo hombre. Last man standing, must've been one. Where'd he go? Ultimo hombre. Last man standing, must've been one. Where'd he go?
Cormac McCarthy quotes: His subtle obsession with uniqueness troubled all his dreams. His subtle obsession with uniqueness troubled all his dreams.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: One thing about me, when I'm wrong I'll admit it. Well. That's a good trait to have. One thing about me, when I'm wrong I'll admit it. Well. That's a good trait to have.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Where'd you get that pistol?At the gettin place Where'd you get that pistol?
At the gettin place
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Stark gray world appeared again and again out of the night in the shrouded flare of the lightning. Stark gray world appeared again and again out of the night in the shrouded flare of the lightning.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Gray vines coiled leftward in this northern hemisphere, what winds them shapes the dogwhelk's shell. Weeds sprouted from cinder and brick. Gray vines coiled leftward in this northern hemisphere, what winds them shapes the dogwhelk's shell. Weeds sprouted from cinder and brick.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: There ain't but one life worth livin and I was born to it. There ain't but one life worth livin and I was born to it.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting. Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting.
Cormac McCarthy quotes: Do you have any notion of how goddamned crazy you are? Do you have any notion of how goddamned crazy you are?

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