One of the things you realize about gettin older is that not everybody is goin to get older with you.
CORMAC MCCARTHYIf trouble comes when you least expect it then maybe the thing to do is to always expect it.
More Cormac McCarthy Quotes
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Notions of chance and fate are the preoccupations of men engaged in rash undertakings.
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There is no God and we are his prophets.
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They spoke less and less between them until at last they were silent altogether as is often the way with travelers approaching the end of a journey.
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Ever dumb thing I ever done in my life there was a decision I made before that got me into it. It was never the dumb thing. It was always some choice I’d made before it.
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I think by the time you’re grown you’re as happy as you’re goin to be. You’ll have good times and bad times, but in the end you’ll be about as happy as you was before. Or as unhappy. I’ve knowed people that just never did get the hang of it.
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If there’s one thing on this planet you don’t look like it’s a bunch of good luck walkin around.
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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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If trouble comes when you least expect it then maybe the thing to do is to always expect it.
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There’s a difference between quittin and knowin when you’re beat.
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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.
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There is no later. This is later.
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When you die it’s the same as if everybody else did too.
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If you think about some of the things that are being talked about by thoughtful, intelligent scientists, you realize that in 100 years the human race won’t even be recognizable.
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By day the banished sun circles the earth like a grieving mother with a lamp.
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Words pale and lose their savor while pain is always new.
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