"He walked out in the gray light and stood and he saw for a brief moment the absolute truth of the world. The cold relentless circling of the intestate earth. Darkness implacable. The blind dogs of the sun in their running. The crushing black vacuum of the universe. And somewhere two hunted animals trembling like ground-foxes in their cover. Borrowed time and borrowed world and borrowed eyes with which to sorrow it."

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Source : Cormac McCarthy (2010). “The Road”, p.138, Pan Macmillan

Cormac McCarthy

#Crush Quotes #Running Quotes #Dog Quotes

“Being in a rock n' roll band was like being in a Sherman tank. Nothing got to you. You were surrounded and protected by men.”
“What she needs,' Tom said aloud 'is a husband.' Agnes said crisply, 'Well, she can't have mine.”
“You shouldn't be afraid of science. Accepting the reality of nature makes life more exciting and even more precious.”

Source : "Making science interesting. Lawrence Krauss discusses what happens to scientific literacy". "The 7.30 Report" with Leigh Sales, www.abc.net.au. June 29, 2015.
“Material Girl is about having your own personal style, and my personal style reflects the brand's aesthetic.”
“It's not really about the material. It's about our capacity to shape things.”
“My life feels like a book left out on the porch, and the wind blows the pages faster and faster, turning always toward a new chapter faster than I can stop to read it.”
“If I were you I would face my clothes, to make sure that no one runs off with them!”
“Words can crush things that are unseen.”

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