What did Cormac McCarthy mean by: This is my child, he said. I wash a dead man’s brains out of his hair. That is my job. Cormac McCarthy Novelist · USA Copy
The world to come must be composed of what is past. No other material is at hand. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Cormac McCarthy, Continuity, Evolution, Memory, 0 Cormac McCarthy Novelist · USA
I was afraid I was goin to die and then I was afraid I wasnt. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Cormac McCarthy, Fear, Mortality, Uncertainty, 0 Cormac McCarthy Novelist · USA
In every trade save war men of talent and vigor prosper. In war they die. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Cormac McCarthy, Talent, Vigor, War, 0 Cormac McCarthy Novelist · USA
The closest bonds we will ever know are bonds of grief. The deepest community one of sorrow. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Cormac McCarthy, Bonds, Community, Grief, 0 Cormac McCarthy Novelist · USA
You always pay too much. Particularly for promises. There aint no such thing as a bargain promise. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Cormac McCarthy, Deception, Trust, Value, 0 Cormac McCarthy Novelist · USA
He’d half meant to speak but those eyes had altered the world forever in the space of a heartbeat. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Cormac McCarthy, Impact, Love, Transformation, 0 Cormac McCarthy Novelist · USA
He can give me what you cannot. Death is not a lover. Oh yes, he is. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Cormac McCarthy, Death, Desire, Love, 0 Cormac McCarthy Novelist · USA
There’s a difference between quittin and knowin when you’re beat. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Cormac McCarthy, Acceptance, Persistence, Resilience, 0 Cormac McCarthy Novelist · USA
When a secret is revealed, it is the fault of the man who confided it. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
On the throne, one has many worries; and remorse is the one that weighs the least. Jean Racine Playwright · France
I can always choose, but I ought to know that if I do not choose, I am still choosing. Read explanation Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
