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Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.

Cormac McCarthy

He knew only that his child was his warrant. He said: If he is not the word of God God never spoke.
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Children God Himself Talk Word
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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End Journey Silence Talk Togetherness Travel
The world is quite ruthless in selecting between the dream and the reality, even where we will not.
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Dreams Harsh Reality Rude Selection World
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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Forever Philosophy Start Step Thinking Yourself
Nobody wants to be here and nobody wants to leave.
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Deep Escape Leaving Stay
Long before morning I knew that what I was seeking to discover was a thing I’d always known. That all courage was a form of constancy. That it is always himself that the coward abandoned first. After this all other betrayals come easily.
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Abandonment Betrayal Courage Discover Easy Morning Seek
Probably I dont believe in a lot of things that I used to believe in but that doesnt mean I dont believe in anything.
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Believe Myself
There is for a man two things in life that are very important, head and shoulders above everything else. Find work you like, and find someone to live with you like. Very few people get both.
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Important Life Live Luck Man People Work
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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Beyond Bitter Carry Curse Death Live Memories Remember
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.
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Future People Preparation Ready Time
Best way to live in California is to be from somewheres else.
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Best Identity Live Way
The wind sounded of Mother Earth’s forsaken and abandoned cries.
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Abandonment Cry Earth Mom Nature Sound Wind
But there are no absolutes in human misery and things can always get worse.
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Human Misery Worst
You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.
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Bad Gratitude Luck Perspective Save Worst Yourself
All the time you spend tryin to get back what’s been took from you there’s more goin out the door. After a while you just try and get a tourniquet on it.
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Return Time Try Yourself
If only my heart were stone.
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Dreams Heart Myself One Liner Stone

Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.

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