For me the world has always been more of a puppet show. But when one looks behind the curtain and traces the strings upward he finds they terminate in the hands of yet other puppets, themselves with their own strings which trace upward in turn, and so on. In my own life I saw these strings whose origins were endless enact the deaths of great men in violence and madness. Enact the ruin of a nation.


All the Pretty Horses: Book 1 of The Border Trilogy (ed. Vintage, 2010) - ISBN: 9780307481306

Cormac McCarthy Quotes

For me the world has always been more of a puppet show. But when one looks behind the curtain and traces the strings upward he finds they terminate...

For me the world has always been more of a puppet show. But when one looks behind the curtain and traces the strings upward he finds they terminate...

For me the world has always been more of a puppet show. But when one looks behind the curtain and traces the strings upward he finds they terminate...

For me the world has always been more of a puppet show. But when one looks behind the curtain and traces the strings upward he finds they terminate...