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Quote by Cormac McCarthy

“This country will kill you in a heartbeat and still people love it.”

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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

“You can see the most beautiful things from the observation deck of the Empire State Building. I read somewhere that people on the street are supposed to look like ants, but that's not true. They look like little people. And the cars look like little cars. And even the buildings look little. It's like New York is a miniature replica of New York, which is nice, because you can see what it's really like, instead of how it feels when you're in the middle of it.”

Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel

“It's so beautiful at this hour. The sun is low, the shadows are long, the air is cold and clean. You won't be awake for another five hours, but I can't help feeling that we're sharing this clear and beautiful morning.”

Long I Can Helping Feelings Beautiful Hours Morning Sun Clear Five Air Cold Lows Shadow Clean Awake Beautiful Morning

Book:Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel

Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel

“Listen, here's what I'd like to do: I'd like to live in a trailer and play records all night.”

Play Night Records All Night Trailers

Book:Norwood

Source: Norwood

“She hadn't been given the proper tools to make a real life with, she decided, that was it. She'd been given a can of gravy and a hairbrush and told, "There you go." -- Willing”

Real Given Willing Tools Decided Real Life Gravy

Author:Lorrie Moore

“Most men are a little better than their circumstances give them a chance to be.”

Men Giving Littles Chance Circumstances

Book:Novels 1942-1954

Source: Novels 1942-1954

“Like most of the educated, I do harbor a fondness for the sins of my ignorant past.”

Past Sin Ignorant Educated Harbors Fondness

Author:Jane Smiley

“I'll tell you one thing, though. It's a terrible thing to be a disappointment to a good woman.”

One Thing Terrible Disappointment Terrible Things Good Woman

Author:Richard Russo

“I am suggesting that the radical of poetry lies not in the resolution of doubts but in their proliferation”

Lying Doubt Radical Resolution Suggesting Proliferation

Book:Cooling Time: An American Poetry Vigil

Source: Cooling Time: An American Poetry Vigil

“Almost none of the poetries I admire stick to their labels, native or adopted ones. Rather, they are vagrant in their identifications. Tramp poets, there you go, a new label for those with unstable allegiances.”

Poet Sticks Admire Labels Native Adopted Allegiance Identification Unstable Tramps Vagrants

Book:Cooling Time: An American Poetry Vigil

Source: Cooling Time: An American Poetry Vigil

“I am not concerned that you have fallen -- I am concerned that you arise.”

Inspirational Concerned Perseverance Arise Fallen Criminal Mind

Author:Abraham Lincoln

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