How would you know if you were the last man on Earth? He said. I don't guess you would know it. You'd just be it. Nobody would know it. It wouldn't make any difference. When you die it's the same as if everybody else died too.
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CORMAC MCCARTHY Como si el mundo se encogiera en torno a un núcleo de entidades desglosables. Las cosas cayendo en ... CORMAC MCCARTHY Algunas cosas las olvidas, no? Olvidas lo que quieres recordar y recuerdas lo que quieres olvidar. CORMAC MCCARTHY The things that I loved were very frail. Very fragile. I didn't know that. I thought they were indes... CORMAC MCCARTHY You have my whole heart. You always did. You're the best guy. You always were. CORMAC MCCARTHY It was an old hunter in camp and the hunter shared tobacco with him and told him of the buffalo and ... CORMAC MCCARTHY Deployed upon that plain they moved in a constant elision, ordained agents of the actual dividing ou... CORMAC MCCARTHY But there are no absolutes in human misery and things can always get worse CORMAC MCCARTHY In the end we all come to be cured of our sentiments. Those whom life does not cure death will. CORMAC MCCARTHY He rose and stood tottering in that cold dark with his arms held out for balance while the vestibula... CORMAC MCCARTHY They rode out along the fenceline and across the open pastureland. The leather creaked in the mornin... CORMAC MCCARTHY You know that the things you put it your head stay there, right?' 'Yeah. But you remember some ... CORMAC MCCARTHY When you've nothing else construct ceremonies out of the air and breathe upon them. CORMAC MCCARTHY The cap was gone and the man dropped to his elbows to smell the pipe but the odor of gas was only a ... CORMAC MCCARTHY A man seeks his own destiny and no other, said the judge. Wil or nill. Any man who could discover hi... CORMAC MCCARTHY He sat a long time and he thought about his life and how little of it he could ever have foreseen an... CORMAC MCCARTHY The arrangement seems to be that UBS will buy Time Warner shares it seems for the voting rights but ... CORMAC BUTLER Icahn wants sufficient control to achieve his strategy of breaking up Time Warner. CORMAC BUTLER In a typical situation the investor accepts a low or zero interest rate in return for exposure to a ... CORMAC BUTLER Self-righteousness has killed more people than smoking. JOHN MCCARTHY Compassion is contempt with a human face. JOHN MCCARTHY Black holes destroy any objects that happen to fall victim to their gravitational pull. KEVIN MCCARTHY Comedy to me is all about the bumps and bruises and weird tics. MELISSA MCCARTHY To me, having 500 rolls of fabric around is the most calming thing in the world. I think it's wh... MELISSA MCCARTHY As any small business owner knows, starting a business is not glamorous work. KEVIN MCCARTHY I started my first business when I was 19. I learned a valuable lesson as a small business owner. Yo... KEVIN MCCARTHY Asking a critic to name his favorite book is like asking a butcher to name his favorite pig. JOHN MCCARTHY Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift ... MARY MCCARTHY The two-party system has given this country the war of Lyndon Johnson, the Watergate of Nixon, and t... EUGENE MCCARTHY One thing about a pig, he thinks he's warm if his nose is warm. I saw a bunch of pigs one time that ... EUGENE MCCARTHY In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if e... MARY MCCARTHY To care for the quarrels of the past, to identify oneself passionately with a cause that became, pol... MARY MCCARTHY ...friendship...is essential to intellectuals. You can date the evolving life of a mind, like the ag... MARY MCCARTHY Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance? CHARLIE MCCARTHY We all live in suspense from day to day; in other words, you are the hero of your own story. MARY MCCARTHY I'm just absolutely overjoyed. These people have all stayed with their faith their denomination and ... ALICE MCCARTHY The idea of it is to examine religious issues. They (panelist) are radical in the sense that they go... ALICE MCCARTHY They call us to action to love each other. Just in the correspondence I've been having with them, I ... ALICE MCCARTHY I think that if there is a large number of people here that it will get the churches talking. I thin... ALICE MCCARTHY I'm just absolutely overjoyed. These people have all stayed with their faith â€Ã... ALICE MCCARTHY Honey, nobody ever knows someone completely. You have to just enjoy what you do know and have faith ... ERIN MCCARTHY Why?” she whispered. “Why should I dance with you?” “Because I love you. Because ... ERIN MCCARTHY The happy ending is our national belief. MARY MCCARTHY Any manager who can't get along with a .400 hitter is crazy. JOE MCCARTHY Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift ... MARY MCCARTHY Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy. CHARLIE MCCARTHY Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted. MARY MCCARTHY A society person who is enthusiastic about modern painting or Truman Capote is already half a traito... MARY MCCARTHY