Ian

“If we want the rewards of being loved we have to submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known.”
― Tim Kreider

“Somewhere out there is a true and living prophet of destruction and I dont want to confront him. I know he's real. I have seen his work. I walked in front of those eyes once. I wont do it again. I wont push my chips forward and stand up and go out to meet him. It aint just bein older. I wish that it was. I cant say that it's even what you are willin to do. Because I always knew that you had to be willin to die to even do this job. That was always true. Not to sound glorious about it or nothin but you do. If you aint they'll know it. They'll see it in a heartbeat. I think it is more like what you are willin to become. And I think a man would have to put his soul at hazard. And I wont do that.”
― Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men

“You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.”
― Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men

“How does a man decide in what order to abandon his life?”
― Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men