Somewhere in the world is the most invincible man. Just as somewhere is the most vulnerable.
CORMAC MCCARTHYBetween the wish and the thing the world lies waiting.
More Cormac McCarthy Quotes
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Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.
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Nobody wants to be here and nobody wants to leave.
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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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When you die it’s the same as if everybody else did too.
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Ever step you take is forever.
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You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.
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There is no later. This is later.
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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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Men of God and men of war have strange affinities.
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The trouble with a liar is he can’t remember what he said.
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Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting.
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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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I got what I needed instead of what I wanted and that’s just about the best kind of luck you can have.
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Notions of chance and fate are the preoccupations of men engaged in rash undertakings.
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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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