Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting.
CORMAC MCCARTHYIt is personal. That’s what an education does. It makes the world personal.
More Cormac McCarthy Quotes
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You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.
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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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Men of God and men of war have strange affinities.
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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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Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.
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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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The closest bonds we will ever know are bonds of grief. The deepest community one of sorrow.
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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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Somewhere in the world is the most invincible man. Just as somewhere is the most vulnerable.
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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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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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By day the banished sun circles the earth like a grieving mother with a lamp.
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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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The world is quite ruthless in selecting between the dream and the reality, even where we will not.
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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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