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I’ve seen the meanness of humans till I don’t know why God ain’t put out the sun and gone away.

Cormac McCarthy

When you die it’s the same as if everybody else did too.
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Death Yourself
What joins men together is not the sharing of bread but the sharing of enemies.
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Enemy Food Man Share Togetherness
It’s not about knowing who you are. It’s about thinkin you got there without takin anything with you. Your notions about startin over. or anybody’s. You dont start over. That’s what it’s about. Every step you take is forever. You can’t make it go away. None of it.
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Forever Philosophy Start Step Thinking Yourself
The frailty of everything revealed at last. Old and troubling issues resolved into nothingness and night. The last instance of a thing takes the class with it. Turns out the light and is gone. Look around you. Ever is a long time. But the boy knew what he knew. That ever is no time at all.
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Boy Fragile Issues Light Night Old Philosophy Reveal Time Trouble
But there are no absolutes in human misery and things can always get worse.
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Human Misery Worst
You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.
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Behavior Forget Human Mindset Remember Yourself
Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.
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Burn Fire Flame Hide Inspirational
Probably I dont believe in a lot of things that I used to believe in but that doesnt mean I dont believe in anything.
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Believe Myself
The road has its own reasons and no two travelers will have the same understanding of those reasons. If indeed they come to an understanding of them at all.
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Reason Road Travel Understand
How does a man decide in what order to abandon his life?
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Abandonment Decision Life Man Order
Notions of chance and fate are the preoccupations of men engaged in rash undertakings.
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Chance Fate Man Occupation Work
It is supposed to true that those who do not know history are condemned to repeat it. I don’t believe knowing can save us. What is constant in history is greed and foolishness and love of blood.
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Believe Blood Fools Greedy History Love Repeat Save True
My perfect day is sitting in a room with some blank paper. That’s heaven. That’s gold, and anything else is just a waste of time.
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Gold Heaven Myself Paper Perfection Room Wasted Time
One of the things you realize about gettin older is that not everybody is goin to get older with you.
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Age Death Old Sadness Yourself
And in the dream I knew that he was goin on ahead and that he was fixin to make a fire somewhere out there in all that dark and all that cold and I knew that whenever I got there he would be there. And then I woke up.
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Darkness Dreams Fire Myself Wake Up
All the time you spend tryin to get back what’s been took from you there’s more goin out the door. After a while you just try and get a tourniquet on it.
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Return Time Try Yourself

I’ve seen the meanness of humans till I don’t know why God ain’t put out the sun and gone away.

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I’ve seen the meanness of humans till I don’t know why God ain’t put out the sun and gone away.

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