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“There's hard lessons in this world. What's the hardest? I dont know. Maybe it's just that when things are gone they're gone. They aint comin back.”

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Cormac McCarthy

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

“This last chapter .. may have given the impression that somehow man is the ultimate triumph of evolution, that all these millions of years of development have had no purpose other than to put him on earth. There is no scientific evidence whatever to support such a view and no reason to suppose that our stay here will be any more permanent than that of the dinosaur.”

“There's a reason for everything, you said, and though it's a mystery to me now, I know it won't always be so.”

Knows Said Reason Mystery Reason For Everything There's A Reason For Everything

Book:The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud

Source: The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud

“That is the inescapable math of tragedy and the multiplication of grief. Too many good people die a little when they lose someone they love. One death begets two or twenty or one hundred. It's the same all over the world.”

People World Littles Two Dies Loses Grief Hundred Tragedy Twenties Math Good People Begets Multiplication

Book:Charlie St. Cloud: A Novel

Source: Charlie St. Cloud: A Novel

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