Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting.
CORMAC MCCARTHYBest way to live in California is to be from somewheres else.
More Cormac McCarthy Quotes
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It is personal. That’s what an education does. It makes the world personal.
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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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Somewhere in the world is the most invincible man. Just as somewhere is the most vulnerable.
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He said that those who have endured some misfortune will always be set apart but that it is just that misfortune which is their gift and which is their strength.
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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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Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.
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The things I believed in dont exist any more. It’s foolish to pretend that they do. Western Civilization finally went up in smoke in the chimneys at Dachau but I was too infatuated to see it. I see it now.
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There is no such joy in the tavern as upon the road there to.
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How does a man decide in what order to abandon his life?
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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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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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Words pale and lose their savor while pain is always new.
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Best way to live in California is to be from somewheres else.
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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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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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