All Cormac McCarthy Quotes
- The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Superstition will drag him down." -The Judge Believe
- The nights were blinding cold and casket black and the long reach of the morning had a terrible silence to it. Black
- If a man's at odds to know his own mind it's because he hasn't got aught but his mind to know it with. Aught
- He was just hungry, Papa. He's going to die. He's going to die anyway. He's so scared, Papa. The man squatted and looked at him.… Answer
- He lay listening to the water drip in the woods. Bedrock, this. The cold and the silence. The ashes of the late world carried on… Air
- If a dream can tell the future it can also thwart that future. For God will not permit that we shall know what is to… All
- Somewhere in the world is the most invincible man. Just as somewhere is the most vulnerable. Invincible
- Best way to live in California is to be from somewheres else. Best
- He didn't say a lot so I tend to remember what he did say. And I don't remember that he had a lot of patience… First Time
- I have no enemies. I dont permit such a thing. Dont
- When I came into your life your life was over. It had a beginning, a middle, and an end. This is the end. You can… Been
- 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… Bad
- You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from. Bad
- I always thought when I got older that God would sort of come into my life in some way. He didn't. I don't blame him.… Always Thought
- You can tell it any way you want but that's the way it is. I should of done it and I didn’t. And some part… Any
- I tried to put things in perspective but sometimes you're just too close to it. Close
- A man seeks his own destiny and no other, said the judge. Wil or nill. Any man who could discover his own fate and elect… All
- A goodlookin horse is like a goodlookin woman, he said. They're always more trouble than what they're worth. What a man needs is just one… Horse
- She looked up at him and her face was pale and austere in the uplight and her eyes lost in their darkly shadowed hollows save… Austere
- There is no forgiveness. For women. A man may lose his honor and regain it again. But a woman cannot. She cannot. Forgiveness