Cormac McCarthy Quotes

The worst of it is over now, and I can't say that I am glad. Lose that sense of loss—you have gone and lost something else. But the body moves toward health. The mind, too, in steps. One step at a time. Ask a mother who has just lost a child, How many children do you have? "Four," she will say, "—three," and years later, "Three," she will say, "—four.

There are certain people in my life who didn't care to be in my book. And so I cut them out. And I had broken up with somebody. And I was, you know, really upset and depressed. And so that was, you know, reasons to keep going.

A wrong that cannot be repaired must be transcended.

It's time to live with what we have and mourn what we lost.

The trick was forgetting about what she had lost ...and learning to go on with what she had left.

I think of the trees and how simply they let go, let fall the riches of a season, how without grief (it seems) they can let go and go deep into their roots for renewal and sleep.... Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember that nothing stays the same for long, not even pain, psychic pain. Sit it out. Let it all pass. Let it go.

You don't dwell on what you've lost, you just move on.

After you have wept and grieved for your physical losses, cherish the functions and the life you have left.

People say, 'Oh, God, how devastating to go through a divorce.' Did I wish for this to happen to my family? No. But everyone is healthy; we're moving on with our lives.

The tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.

I do a lot of lectures on survival. I always say you can't change what happened, so have a little wallow, feel very sorry for yourself, and then get up and move forward. You can't change what happened.

What's gone and what's past help should be past grief.

In life, you have to learn how to heal. You never get over stuff, but you have to learn how to heal.

Of course! It takes a lot of strength to mend a broken heart. Channelising energies into your work helps, but also to be able to accept situations for what they are instead of questioning them helps immensely.

I think it's about not just the crisis you're in, but how do you get to the other side? How do we heal? How do we survive this experience while remaining hopeful instead of filled with despair? That's what interests me.

Today, I don't have any psychological scars, because I am a realist and an optimist. After all, I can't lose my legs twice.

We all have bad things that happen in our lives, and a lot of us wonder how we can go back to before the event, whatever it is. 'Fallout 4' is about realising that your life has a new normal. We want to put you in the shoes of someone who knows what life was like before this.

Every loss I take, I've accepted, and I move on.

If I could undo what's been done, But I guess everyone is living, With water and bridges.

When faced by any loss, there’s no point in trying to recover what has been, it’s best to take advantage of the large space that opens up before us and fill it with something new.

There is something very healthy about finding support from others during difficult times. I needed it for my own healing.

I don't regret anything. Everything happens for a reason-it's part of the healing process. Life is a healing process.

I once read that forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a different past...but forgiving is not the same as obliterating memory.

One can forgive but one should never forget.