8 Quotes by Cormac McCarthy about war
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This country was filled with violent children orphaned by war.
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War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner.
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It makes no difference what men think of war, said the judge. War endures. As well ask men what they think of stone. War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner. That is the way it was and will be. That way and not some other way.
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If war is not holy man is nothing but antic clay.
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It makes no difference what men think of war, said the judge. ... War endures. As well ask men what they think of stone. War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner. That is the way it was and will be. That way and not some other way...War is the ultimate game because war is at last a forcing of the unity of existence. War is god...Men of god and men of war have strange affinities.
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I was a soldier. It is like a dream. When even the bones is gone in the desert the dreams is talk to you, you don't wake up forever.
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In every trade save war men of talent and vigor prosper. In war they die.
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Men of God and men of war have strange affinities.
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