--- title: "17 Long time Quotes By Cormac McCarthy" description: "17 Long time quotes by Cormac McCarthy. Plus more from Cormac McCarthy and more Long time sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/746/cormac-mccarthy-181_forever_ever-s-a-long-time-3154360_3154360.jpg" --- > [“Ever’s a long time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/ever-s-a-long-time/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/746/cormac-mccarthy-181_forever_ever-s-a-long-time-3154360_3154360.jpg) > [“Ever is a long time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/ever-is-a-long-time/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37c/cormac-mccarthy-181_forever_ever-is-a-long-time-2697225_2697225.jpg) > [Ever is a long time. But the boy knew what he knew. That ever is no time at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/ever-is-a-long-time-but-the-boy-knew-what-he-knew-that-ever-is-no/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90f/cormac-mccarthy-181_boys_ever-is-a-long-time-but-the-boy-knew-wha_3027932.jpg) > [“Look around you. Ever is a long time. But the boy knew what he knew. That ever is no time at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/look-around-you-ever-is-a-long-time-but-the-boy-knew-what-he-knew/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c86/cormac-mccarthy-181_long-time_look-around-you-ever-is-a-long-time-but_606766.jpg) > [The frailty of everything revealed at last. Old and troubling issues resolved into nothingness and night. The last instance of a thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/the-frailty-of-everything-revealed-at-last-old-and-troubling-issues/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c9/cormac-mccarthy-181_boys_the-frailty-of-everything-revealed-at-la_915350.jpg) > [He sat a long time and he thought about his life and how little of it he could ever have foreseen and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/he-sat-a-long-time-and-he-thought-about-his-life-and-how-little-of-it/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24b/cormac-mccarthy-181_life_he-sat-a-long-time-and-he-thought-about_846961.jpg) > [ “\[The unconscious has\] been on its own for a long time. Of course it has no access to the world except through… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/the-unconscious-has-been-on-its-own-for-a-long-time-of-course-it-has/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/beb/cormac-mccarthy-181_dark_the-unconscious-has-been-on-its-own-for_2193763.jpg) > [He lay on his back in his blankets and looked our where the quartermoon lay cocked over the heel of the mountains.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/he-lay-on-his-back-in-his-blankets-and-looked-our-where-the/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/598/cormac-mccarthy-181_blanket_he-lay-on-his-back-in-his-blankets-and-l_1155418.jpg) > [“Do you know where we are Papa? the boy said. Sort of. How sort of? Well. I think we're about two hundred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/do-you-know-where-we-are-papa-the-boy-said-sort-of-how-sort-of-well-i/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a32/cormac-mccarthy-181_half-way_do-you-know-where-we-are-papa-the-boy-sa_787890.jpg) > [“I read in the papers here a while back some teachers came across a survey that was sent out back in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/i-read-in-the-papers-here-a-while-back-some-teachers-came-across-a/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc7/cormac-mccarthy-181_education_i-read-in-the-papers-here-a-while-back-s_151856.jpg) > [“It was a cold blustery day when he walked out of the courthouse for the last time. He walked down the steps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/it-was-a-cold-blustery-day-when-he-walked-out-of-the-courthouse-for/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b4/cormac-mccarthy-181_defeat_it-was-a-cold-blustery-day-when-he-walke_2934491.jpg) > [“He woke before dawn and watched the gray day break. Slow and half opaque. He rose while the boy slept and pulled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/he-woke-before-dawn-and-watched-the-gray-day-break-slow-and-half/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8be/cormac-mccarthy-181_long-time_he-woke-before-dawn-and-watched-the-gray_1425247.jpg) > [“Ah, they said. Qué bueno. And after and for a long time to come he'd have reason to evoke the recollection of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/ah-they-said-qu-bueno-and-after-and-for-a-long-time-to-come-he-d-have/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/645/cormac-mccarthy-181_219_ah-they-said-qu-bueno-and-after-and-for_849653.jpg) > [ “And after and for a long time to come he'd have reason to evoke the recollection of \[the strangers'\] smiles and to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/and-after-and-for-a-long-time-to-come-he-d-have-reason-to-evoke-the/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07a/cormac-mccarthy-181_encouragement_and-after-and-for-a-long-time-to-come-he_1311728.jpg) > [It had ceased raining in the night and he walked out on the road and called for the dog. He called and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/it-had-ceased-raining-in-the-night-and-he-walked-out-on-the-road-and/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a55/cormac-mccarthy-181_darkness_it-had-ceased-raining-in-the-night-and-h_1120663.jpg) > [“Then don't. I can't help you. They say that women dream of danger to those in their care and men of danger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/then-don-t-i-can-t-help-you-they-say-that-women-dream-of-danger-to/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d25/cormac-mccarthy-181_dreams_then-don-t-i-can-t-help-you-they-say-tha_1408369.jpg) > [“Inside the house there was no sound save the ticking of the mantel clock in the front room. He went out and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/inside-the-house-there-was-no-sound-save-the-ticking-of-the-mantel/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a01/cormac-mccarthy-181_darkness_inside-the-house-there-was-no-sound-save_2453312.jpg) ## Other authors on Long time ## More by Cormac McCarthy > [The cooler days have brought a wistful mood upon him. The smell of coalsmoke in the air at night. Old times, dead years. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/the-cooler-days-have-brought-a-wistful-mood-upon-him-the-smell-of/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) > [“The events of the world can have no separate life from the world. And yet the world itself can have no temporal view of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/the-events-of-the-world-can-have-no-separate-life-from-the-world-and/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) > [“I had two dreams about him after he died. I dont remember the first one all that well but it was about meetin him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/i-had-two-dreams-about-him-after-he-died-i-dont-remember-the-first/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) > [“You think people was meaner then than they are now? the deputy said. The old man was looking out at the flooded town. No,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/you-think-people-was-meaner-then-than-they-are-now-the-deputy-said/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) > [“They set forth in a crimson dawn where sky and earth closed in a razorous plane. Out there dark little archipelagos of cloud and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/they-set-forth-in-a-crimson-dawn-where-sky-and-earth-closed-in-a/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) > [“Nothing. Where all was burnt to ash before them no fires were to be had and the nights were long and dark and cold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/nothing-where-all-was-burnt-to-ash-before-them-no-fires-were-to-be/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) > [He said that whether a man's life was writ in a book someplace or whether it took its form day by day was one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/he-said-that-whether-a-man-s-life-was-writ-in-a-book-someplace-or/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) > [“He lives in a room above a courtyard behind a tavern and he comes down at night like some fairybook beast to fight with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/he-lives-in-a-room-above-a-courtyard-behind-a-tavern-and-he-comes/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) > [“Ultimo hombre. Last man standing, must've been one. Where'd he go?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/ultimo-hombre-last-man-standing-must-ve-been-one-where-d-he-go/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) > [“To seek out the upright. No fall but preceded by a declination. He took great marching steps into the nothingness, counting them against his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/to-seek-out-the-upright-no-fall-but-preceded-by-a-declination-he-took/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) > [“They went through the last of the cars and then walked up the track to the locomotive and climbed up to the catwalk. Rust…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/they-went-through-the-last-of-the-cars-and-then-walked-up-the-track/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) > [“Night fell upon them dark and starblown and the wagon grew swollen near mute with dew. On their chairs in such black immobility these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/night-fell-upon-them-dark-and-starblown-and-the-wagon-grew-swollen/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) > [“When I was in school I studied biology. I learned that in making their experiments scientists will take some group - bacteria, mice, people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/when-i-was-in-school-i-studied-biology-i-learned-that-in-making-their/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) > [ “We none of us knew him to speak \[Dutch\]. Asked him where he'd learned it you know what he said? What did he say.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/we-none-of-us-knew-him-to-speak-dutch-asked-him-where-he-d-learned-it/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) > [“You know that the things you put it your head stay there, right?' 'Yeah. But you remember some things, don't you?' 'Yeah. You remember…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/you-know-that-the-things-you-put-it-your-head-stay-there-right-yeah/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/long-time/cormac-mccarthy/#itemlist", "name": "17 Long time Quotes By Cormac McCarthy", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Ever’s a long time.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cormac McCarthy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/ever-s-a-long-time/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/746/cormac-mccarthy-181_forever_ever-s-a-long-time-3154360_3154360.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/746/cormac-mccarthy-181_forever_ever-s-a-long-time-3154360_3154360.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/746/cormac-mccarthy-181_forever_ever-s-a-long-time-3154360_3154360.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Ever’s a long time.” — Cormac McCarthy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Ever is a long time.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cormac McCarthy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/ever-is-a-long-time/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37c/cormac-mccarthy-181_forever_ever-is-a-long-time-2697225_2697225.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37c/cormac-mccarthy-181_forever_ever-is-a-long-time-2697225_2697225.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37c/cormac-mccarthy-181_forever_ever-is-a-long-time-2697225_2697225.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Ever is a long time.” — Cormac McCarthy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ever is a long time. 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