Cormac McCarthy

United States
Born on 20 Jul 1933
Writer

Quotes



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

Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West
Men of God and men of war have strange affinities.

Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West
Your heart's desire is to be told some mystery. The mystery is that there is no mystery.

Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West
War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner.

Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays