“He had learned the worst lesson that life can teach - that it makes no sense.”
― American Pastoral
― American Pastoral
“Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting.”
― All the Pretty Horses
― All the Pretty Horses
“This country will kill you in a heartbeat and still people love it.”
― No Country for Old Men
― No Country for Old Men
“You put too much stock in human intelligence, it doesn't annihilate human nature.”
― American Pastoral
― American Pastoral
“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
― Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
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