"You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget."

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Source : Cormac McCarthy (2007). “The Road”, p.10, Vintage

Cormac McCarthy

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“It might seem that an egg which has succeeded in being fresh has done all that can reasonably be expected of it.”
“If you work hard and you do your best, you can do anything.”
“My daughter's just going to be really hip! My goal is to be as eco-conscious as possible: There's so much out there for parents who want to do that. I plan to keep her eco-friendly as she gets older. I think we all sort of have to do it.”
“The fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectivism.”
“Well, when I was very young, maybe 12 years, I began to make investments.”
“It was the most romantic plane ever made.”
“I have established the semaphore of Suprematism. I have beaten the lining of the colored sky, torn it away and in the sack that formed itself, I have put color and knotted it. Swim! The free white sea, infinity, lies before you.”

Source : "Catalogue 10th State Exhibition", Moscow, 1919.
“I have based my life on being strong enough to do anything.”

Source : "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. March 6, 2004.

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