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Dreams Quote by Cormac McCarthy

“The truth about the world, he said, is that anything is possible. Had you not seen it all from birth and thereby bled it of its strangeness it would appear to you for what it is, a hat trick in a medicine show, a fevered dream, a trance bepopulate with chimeras having neither analogue nor…” quote by Cormac McCarthy
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““The truth about the world, he said, is that anything is possible. Had you not seen it all from birth and thereby bled it of its strangeness it would appear to you for what it is, a hat trick in a medicine show, a fevered dream, a trance bepopulate with chimeras having neither analogue nor precedent, an itinerant carnival, a migratory tentshow whose ultimate destination after many a pitch in many a mudded field is unspeakable and calamitous beyond reckoning. The universe is no narrow thing and the order within it is not constrained by any latitude in its conception to repeat what exists in one part in any other part. Even in this world more things exist without our knowledge than with it and the order in creation which you see is that which you have put there, like a string in a maze, so that you shall not lose your way. For existence has its own order and that no man's mind can compass, that mind itself being but a fact among others.””

Cormac McCarthy

About This Quote

Source Novel: The Road, Cormac McCarthy, 2006

The universe is vast and chaotic, beyond human comprehension; order is a construct we impose, and truth is elusive.

In simple terms: The world is unpredictable and beyond our control.

Key Takeaway

Accept uncertainty and seek personal meaning.

Themes

uncertainty chaos order truth human limitation

Mood

thoughtful curious

Type

philosophical literary

When to use this quote

  • scientific research
  • creative writing
  • spiritual contemplation
  • policy planning

Key Concepts

cosmology philosophy epistemology

Questions to Reflect On

  • How do you navigate unknowns?
  • What structures help you find order?
A Different Perspective

Human understanding is limited; overconfidence can mislead.

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