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 MCCARTHYThere is no God and we are his prophets.
More Cormac McCarthy Quotes
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By day the banished sun circles the earth like a grieving mother with a lamp.
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Men of God and men of war have strange affinities.
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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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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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If only my heart were stone.
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Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.
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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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Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting.
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When you die it’s the same as if everybody else did too.
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Best way to live in California is to be from somewheres else.
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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.
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Somewhere in the world is the most invincible man. Just as somewhere is the most vulnerable.
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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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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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