All Cormac McCarthy Quotes
- Only now is the child finally divested of all that he has been. His origins are become remote as is his destiny and not again… All
- Only that man who has offered up himself entire to the blood of war, who has been to the floor of the pit and seen… Been
- When the shooting starts would you rather be armed or legal? Armed
- It takes very little to govern good people. Very little. And bad people cant be governed at all. Or if they could I never heard… All
- Well, I guess in all honesty I would have to say that I never knew nor did I ever hear of anybody that money didnt… All
- I think if you were Satan and you were settin around tryin to think up somethin that would just bring the human race to its… Bring
- If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule? Brought
- Things separate from their stories have no meaning. They are only shapes. Of a certain size and color. A certain weight. When their meaning has… Become Lost
- Not all dying words are true and this blessing is no less real for being shorn of its ground. All
- Life is a memory, and then it is nothing. Inspirational
- Hard weather, says the old man. So let it be. Wrap me in the weathers of the earth, I will be hard and hard. My… Earth
- Yet it is the narrative that is the life of the dream while the events themselves are often interchangeable. The events of the waking world… Along
- Books lie, he said. God dont lie. No, said the judge. He does not. And these are his words. He held up a chunk of… All
- If only my heart were stone. Heart
- What you alter in the remembering has yet a reality, known or not. Alter
- People don't pay attention. And then one day there's an accounting. And after that, nothing is the same. Accounting
- People complain about the bad things that happen to em that they don't deserve but they seldom mention the good. About what they done to… Bad
- It's not about knowing who you are. It's about thinkin you got there without takin anything with you. Your notions about startin over. or anybody's.… Away None
- He thought that in the history of the world it might even be that there was more punishment than crime but he took small comfort… Comfort
- Nothin wounded goes uphill, he said. It just dont happen. Dont