Deep in each man is the knowledge that something knows of his existence. Something knows, and cannot be fled nor hid from.
CORMAC MCCARTHYThe trouble with a liar is he can’t remember what he said.
More Cormac McCarthy Quotes
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But there are no absolutes in human misery and things can always get worse.
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There is no God and we are his prophets.
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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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Acts have their being in the witness. Without him who can speak of it? In the end one could even say that the act is nothing, the witness all.
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There is no such joy in the tavern as upon the road there to.
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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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Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.
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You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.
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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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One of the things you realize about gettin older is that not everybody is goin to get older with you.
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What he could bear in the waking world he could not by night and he sat awake for fear the dream would return.
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The things that I loved were very frail. Very fragile. I didn’t know that. I thought they were indestructible. They weren’t.
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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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Notions of chance and fate are the preoccupations of men engaged in rash undertakings.
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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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