Cormac McCarthy Quotes about Judging

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He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.

He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.

Cormac McCarthy

Sleep, Dancing, Judging

Cormac McCarthy (2010). “Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West”, p.349, Vintage

The judge placed his hands on the ground. He looked at his inquisitor. This is my claim, he said. And yet everywhere upon it are pockets of autonomous life. Autonomous. In order for it to be mine nothing must be permitted to occur upon it save by my dispensation.

Cormac McCarthy

Hands, Order, Judging

Cormac McCarthy (2015). “Blood Meridian: Picador Classic”, p.209, Pan Macmillan