Carolina QuotesI don't think goodness is something that you learn. If you're left adrift in the world to learn goodness from it, you would be in trouble.
Cormac McCarthy Carolinian
Source
The Wall Street Journal, November 20, 2009, "Hollywood's Favorite Cowboy" by John Jurgensen
- year
- 2009
Cite this record
“I don't think goodness is something that you learn. If you'r…” Cormac McCarthy. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-B959D14BCB. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/b959d14bcb
More from Cormac McCarthy
Schopenhauer says somewhere that if the entire universe should vanish the only thing left would be music.
My guess is that you can only be so happy. While there seems to be no floor to sorrow.
He dreamt that night that he rode through the woods on a low ridge. Below him he could see deer in a meadow where the sun fell on the grass. The grass was still wet and the deer stood in it to their elbows. He could feel the spine of the mule rolling under him and he gripped the mule's barrel with his legs. Each leaf that brushed his face deepened his sadness and dread. Each leaf he passed, he'd never pass again. They rode over his face like veils, already some yellow, their veins slender like bones where the sun shone through them. He had resolved himself to ride on for he could not turn back and the world that day was as lovely as any day ever was and he was riding to his death. (p.162)