She said that these were things all women knew yet seldom spoke of. Lastly she said that if women were drawn to rash men it was only that in their secret hearts they knew that a man who would not kill for them was of no use at all.
CORMAC MCCARTHYHe’d half meant to speak but those eyes had altered the world forever in the space of a heartbeat.
More Cormac McCarthy Quotes
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There is no such joy in the tavern as upon the road there to.
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Ever step you take is forever.
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Nobody wants to be here and nobody wants to leave.
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Do you know what happens with people who cannot govern themselves? That’s right. Others come in to govern for them.
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You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.
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I always thought when I got older that God would sort of come into my life in some way. He didn’t. I don’t blame him. If I was him I’d have the same opinion about me that he does.
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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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You fix what you can fix and you let the rest go. If there ain’t nothin to be done about it it aint even a problem. It’s just a aggravation.
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Somewhere in the world is the most invincible man. Just as somewhere is the most vulnerable.
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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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Deep in each man is the knowledge that something knows of his existence. Something knows, and cannot be fled nor hid from.
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I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am.
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You have to carry the fire.” I don’t know how to.” Yes, you do.” Is the fire real? The fire?” Yes it is.” Where is it? I don’t know where it is.” Yes you do. It’s inside you. It always was there. I can see it.
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It is personal. That’s what an education does. It makes the world personal.
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How surely are the dead beyond death. Death is what the living carry with them. A state of dread, like some uncanny foretaste of a bitter memory. But the dead do not remember and nothingness is not a curse. Far from it.
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