Cormac McCarthy Quotes

Nessuna creatura può imparare ciò che il suo cuore non è predisposto ad imparare

A dead man's dog ain't got a name.

All my life, he said, I been witness to people showin up where they was supposed to be at various times after they’d said they’d be there. I never heard one yet that didnt have a reason for it. Yessir...

And I have to say that the only thing I can think is that there was some sort of promise in his heart. And I dont have no intentions of carvin a stone water trough. But I would like to be able to make...

And in the dream I knew that he was goin on ahead and that he was fixin to make a fire somewhere out there in all that dark and all that cold and I knew that whenever I got there he would be there. An...

And maybe no better. There is no government in Mexico. Hell, there's no God in Mexico. Never will be. We are dealing with a people manifestly incapable of governing themselves. And do you know what ha...

And the dreams so rich in color. How else would death call you? Waking in the cold dawn it all turned to ash instantly. Like certain ancient frescoes entombed for centuries suddenly exposed to the day...

As war becomes dishonored and its nobility called into question those honorable men who recognize the sanctity of blood will become excluded from the dance, which is the warrior's right, and thereby w...

At our noblest we announce to the darkness that we will not be diminished by the brevity of our lives.

Because he knows what perhaps you do not. That the past cannot be mended.

Beware, gentle knight. There is no greater monster than reason.

Black boots, said Rawlins. Aint that the shits? I always wanted to be a badman.

Black: I see a different truth. Settin right across the table from me.

Black: So how come they cant be your brothers in despair and selfdestruction? I thought misery loved company?White: I'm sure I don't know.Black: Well let me take a shot at it.White: Be my guest.Black:...

Black: The point is, Professor, that I aint got the first notion in the world about what makes God tick. I don't know why he spoke to me. I wouldnt of.White: But you listened.Black: Well what choice w...

But nothing is crueler than a coward, and the slaughter to come is probably beyond our imagining.

But the old woman said that some have no choice. She said that for the poor any choice was a gift with two faces.

By then all stores of food had given out and murder was everywhere upon the land. The world soon to be largely populated by men who would eat your children in front of your eyes and the cities themsel...

Chigurh shot him through the forehead and then stood watching. Watching the capillaries break up in his eyes. The light receding. Watching his own image degrade in that squandered world.

Creedless shells of men tottering down the causeways like migrants in a feverland.