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Quote by Cormac McCarthy

“The point is there ain't no point.”

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American novelist known for his profound literary style and rich imagination. His notable works include 'The Border Trilogy' and 'No Country for Old Men'. more

“...what I enjoy in a narrative is not directly its content or even its structure, but rather the abrasions I impose upon the fine surface: I read on, I skip, I look up, I dip in again. Which has nothing to do with the deep laceration the text of bliss inflicts upon language itself, and not upon the simple temporality of its reading.”

Looks Reading Language Enjoy Simple Fine Structure Surface Narrative Bliss Look Up Skip Dip Temporality

Author:Roland Barthes

“Their throats were bare for God.”

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Author:Jeanette Winterson

“Time that withers you will wither me. We will fall like ripe fruit and roll down the grass together. Dear friend, let me lie beside you watching the clouds until the earth covers us and we are gone.”

Earth Together Lying Fall Gone Let Me Fruit Dear Clouds Grass Ripe Dear Friend Beside You Ripe Fruit

Author:Jeanette Winterson

“If we can rebuild Iraq, we can rebuild Illinois and Indiana and if we can do Baghdad, we can do Baltimore.”

Ifs Can Do Iraq Indiana Baghdad Baltimore Illinois

Author:Carol Moseley Braun

“When she bleeds the smells I know change colour. There is iron in her soul on those days. She smells like a gun.”

Knows Soul Gun Smell Colour Iron

Book:Written On The Body

Source: Written On The Body

“Fragile creatures of a small blue planet, surrounded by light years of silent space.”

Years Light Space Planets Creatures Blue Silent Fragile Light Years Blue Planet

Book:Written On The Body

Source: Written On The Body

Quote by Cormac McCarthy

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