« All Upon Quotes · Cormac McCarthy's Page
Upon Quotes by Cormac McCarthy
- The rain falls upon the just And also on the unjust fellas But mostly it falls upon the just Cause the unjust have the just's…
- When one has nothing left make ceremonies out of the air and breathe upon them.
- The man smiled at him a sly smile. As if they knew a secret between them, these two. Something of age and youth and their…
- There is no such joy in the tavern as upon the road thereto.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- They came upon themselves in a mirror and he almost raised the pistol. It's us, Papa, the boy whispered. It's us.
- If much in the world were mystery the limits of that world were not, for it was without measure or bound and there were contained…
- The judge placed his hands on the ground. He looked at his inquisitor. This is my claim, he said. And yet everywhere upon it are…
- The flames sawed in the wind and the embers paled and deepened and paled and deepened like the bloodbeat of some living thing eviscerate upon…
- In the spring or warmer weather when the snow thaws in the woods the tracks of winter reappear on slender pedestals and the snow reveals…
- The cooler days have brought a wistful mood upon him. The smell of coalsmoke in the air at night. Old times, dead years. For him…
More Upon Quotes
- Upon his royal face there is no note how dread an army hath enrounded him. — William Shakespeare
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar… — Hannah Arendt
- Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in… — Aristophanes
- If you meditate, sooner or later you will come upon love. If you meditate deeply, sooner or later you will start feeling… — Rajneesh
- The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public. — Samuel Johnson
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong