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> [“I wanted very much to be a person of value and I had to ask myself how this could be possible if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/i-wanted-very-much-to-be-a-person-of-value-and-i-had-to-ask-myself/)

[Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/)

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> [“I knew that what I was seeking to discover was a thing I'd always known. That all courage was a form of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/i-knew-that-what-i-was-seeking-to-discover-was-a-thing-i-d-always/)

[Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/)

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> [“I wanted very much to be a person of value and I had to ask myself how this could be possible if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/i-wanted-very-much-to-be-a-person-of-value-and-i-had-to-ask-myself-2/)

[Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/315/cormac-mccarthy-181_courage_i-wanted-very-much-to-be-a-person-of-val_1518505.jpg)

> [Long before morning I knew that what I was seeking to discover was a thing I'd always known. That all courage was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/long-before-morning-i-knew-that-what-i-was-seeking-to-discover-was-a/)

[Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c0/cormac-mccarthy-181_abandoned_long-before-morning-i-knew-that-what-i-w_2418022.jpg)

> [Journalists aren't known for their courage so much as their belief that there is safety in crowds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mollie-hemingway/journalists-aren-t-known-for-their-courage-so-much-as-their-belief/)

[Mollie Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mollie-hemingway/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a3/mollie-hemingway-5548_belief_journalists-aren-t-known-for-their-coura_3182231.jpg)

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