Cormac McCarthy Quotes

Cormac McCarthy Quote: Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting.

Cormac McCarthy Quote: Deep in each man is the knowledge that something knows of his existence. Something knows, and cannot be fled nor hid from.

Cormac McCarthy Quote: When you die it's the same as if everybody else did too.

Cormac McCarthy Quote: My perfect day is sitting in a room with some blank paper. That's heaven. That's gold, and anything else is just a waste of time.

Cormac McCarthy Quote: Notions of chance and fate are the preoccupations of men engaged in rash undertakings.

Cormac McCarthy Quote: The world is quite ruthless in selecting between the dream and the reality, even where we will not.

Cormac McCarthy Quote: 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 Quote: The trouble with a liar is he can't remember what he said.

Cormac McCarthy Quote: One of the things you realize about gettin older is that not everybody is goin to get older with you.

Cormac McCarthy Quote: If there's one thing on this planet you don't look like it's a bunch of good luck walkin around.

Cormac McCarthy Quote: Ever step you take is forever.

Cormac McCarthy Quote: All the time you spend tryin to get back what's been took from you there's more goin out the door. After a while you just try and get a tourniquet on it.

Cormac McCarthy Quote: I think by the time you're grown you're as happy as you're goin to be. You'll have good times and bad times, but in the end you'll be about as happy as you was before. Or as unhappy. I've knowed people that just never did get the hang of it.

Cormac McCarthy Quote: People were always getting ready for tomorrow. I didn't believe in that. Tomorrow wasn't getting ready for them. It didn't even know they were there.

Cormac McCarthy Quote: There's a difference between quittin and knowin when you're beat.