cormac mc carthy

“ Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting. ”

“ I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am. ”

“ Evil that can run itself a thousand years, no need to tend it. ”

“ You think yesterday dont count. But yesterday is all that does count. ”

“ You think about all that stuff that can happen to you, he said. There ain't no end to it. ”

“ That man who sets himself the task of singling out the thread of order from the tapestry will by the decision alone have taken charge of the world. ”

“ They pretend to themselves they are in control of events where perhaps they are not. ”

“ Once there were brook trout in the streams in the mountains. On their backs were vermiculate patterns that were maps of the world in its becoming. Maps and mazes. ”

“ The truth is what happened. It ain't what come out of somebody's mouth. ”

“ It is only by such taking charge that he will effect a way to dictate the terms of his own fate. ”