We think we are the victims of time. In reality, the way of the world isn't fixed anywhere. How could that be possible? We are our own journey. And therefore we are time as well. We are the same. Fugitive. Inscrutable. Ruthless.
Cormac McCarthyI ain't got an original thought in my head. If it ain't got the scent of divinity to it, I ain't interested in it
Cormac McCarthyThings happen to you they happen. They dont ask first. They dont require your permission.
Cormac McCarthyPeople complain about the bad things that happen to em that they don't deserve but they seldom mention the good. About what they done to deserve them things.
Cormac McCarthySee the child. He is pale and thin, he wears a thin and ragged linen shirt. He stokes the scullery fire.
Cormac McCarthyYou give up the world line by line. Stoically. And then one day you realize that your courage is farcical. It doesn't mean anything. You've become an accomplice in your own annihilation and there is nothing you can do about it. Everything you do closes a door somewhere ahead of you. And finally there is only one door left.
Cormac McCarthy