Tag: Cormac McCarthy

The things that I loved were very frail. Very fragile. I didn’t know that. I thought they were indestructible. They weren’t.

Cormac McCarthy

I don’t think goodness is something that you learn. If you’re left adrift in the world to learn goodness from it, you would be in trouble.

Cormac McCarthy

Probably I dont believe in a lot of things that I used to believe in but that doesnt mean I dont believe in anything.

Cormac McCarthy

Notions of chance and fate are the preoccupations of men engaged in rash undertakings.

Cormac McCarthy

Nothin wounded goes uphill, he said. It just dont happen.

Cormac McCarthy

They spoke less and less between them until at last they were silent altogether as is often the way with travelers approaching the end of a journey.

Cormac McCarthy

Nor does God whisper through the trees. His voice is not to be mistaken. When men hear it they fall to their knees and their souls are riven and they cry out to Him and there is no fear but only wildness of heart that springs from such longing.

Cormac McCarthy

All progressions from a higher to a lower order are marked by ruins and mystery and a residue of nameless rage.

Cormac McCarthy

Do you know what happens with people who cannot govern themselves? That’s right. Others come in to govern for them.

Cormac McCarthy

But there are no absolutes in human misery and things can always get worse

Cormac McCarthy