After all, a man is his work, and I had no job.
Ralph Ellison – The Invisible Man
A Man’s Work
A
Memory’s Selective Nature
M
You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.
Cormac McCarthy – The Road
Bonds Beyond Blood
B
The world shrinks and the blood of the covenant becomes thicker than the water of the womb.
Cormac McCarthy – The Road
The Illusion of Tomorrow
T
People were always getting ready for tomorrow. I didn’t believe in that. Tomorrow wasn’t getting ready for them.
Cormac McCarthy – The Road
Transience of Life
T
Borrowed time and borrowed world and borrowed eyes with which to sorrow it.
Cormac McCarthy – The Road
Indelible Memories
I
Just remember that the things you put into your head are there forever.
Cormac McCarthy – The Road
Anticipate Trouble
A
If trouble comes when you least expect it then maybe the thing to do is to always expect it.
Cormac McCarthy – The Road
Reluctant Existence
R
Nobody wants to be here and nobody wants to leave.
Cormac McCarthy – The Road
Living in the Present
L
No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself.
Cormac McCarthy – The Road
Ancient Mysteries
A
In the deep glens where they lived all things were older than man and they hummed of mystery.
Cormac McCarthy – The Road