Cormac McCarthy Quotes

There is no choice for him but to believe. He has nothing left to give in offering.

I ask one thing only: I ask for the right to hope, to suffer as I do. But if even that cannot be, command me to disappear, and I disappear. You shall not see me if my presence is distasteful to you.

Come on in girls, and leave all hope behind.

I believed, up to last week, that Adam was somehow coming back. But I wouldn't trade that optimism for anything, because the other option is no fun.

There's nothing like standing in a place and wanting nothing so much as to change but simply not being able to.

I am about to die, God calls me... I have scarcely strength enough to support the last days that remain of my miserable life... I see no salvation for the country. I believe everything is lost forever. If there were a single sacrifice I could make - my life, my happiness or my honour – believe me, I would not hesitate; but I am convinced the sacrifice would be useless. Since I am unable to secure the happiness of my country, I refuse to rule it. Further, the tyrants have taken my native land from me and therefore I have no longer any country for which to make a sacrifice

When you are hoping for a call or want something different, I think you lose your edge.

Still desiring, we live without hope.

Cato kneels beside Clove, spear in hand, begging her to stay with him. In a moment, he will realize it's futile, she can't be saved.

It feels strange to have spent much time wishing for something, for someone and then one day, suddenly, to just stop.

The tread Of coming footsteps cheats the midnight watcher Who holds her heart and waits to hear them pause, And hears them never pause, but pass and die.

The more you lose, the more is to be lost, yet it matters less.

We may lose and we may win, but we will never be here again.

And for a breath of ecstasy / Give all you have been, or could be.

It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible.

When all else is lost and gone forever, there is yearning. Only desire trumps time.

You have nothing to lose. You had nothing to begin with.

Who does more earnestly long for a change than he who is uneasy in his present circumstances? And who run to create confusions with so desperate a boldness as those who have nothing to lose, hope to gain by them?

You may still be here tomorrow...but your dreams may not.

The future: A consolation for those who have no other.

Everything to lose, nothing to lose, someone's taken it, or you've lost it.

Just because you have a good hand today doesn't mean it's good tomorrow. And some of the things we're doing may become very disadvantageous at some point.

I’d trade my soul for a wish.

There is only what you want and what happens. There is only grabbing on and holding tight in the darkness.