Blood Meridian

"Whatever cannot be measured is not real."

"Everything in the universe is traveling in some direction."

"Whatever moves is alive. Whatever is alive seeks to kill."

"Whatever is not eternal is trash."

"All things proceed from darkness and all things end in darkness."

"You have no idea what I am."

"Books lie. God does not lie."

"There is no such thing as a war that does not move."

"In life there is no contingency. There is only the structure of the world."

"The world is everything that is the case."

"Hear me. Whatever exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."

"Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."

"You are a thing of this world only but you give no evidence that you have a thing in you."

"What is life but a succession of moments, and what is memory but a faulty record thereof?"

"Knowledge and power are not always compatible."

"In the last analysis the beautiful things of the world are not of themselves beautiful."

"I have not come among you to tell you anything of value."

"The dance does not pause. It continues on."

"Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."

"People dont like to be read to. They like to talk."

"You think when you come to the country that governs the whole world you'll be some new man. You aint. You'll be the same man."

"He studied the dust of those strange detritus"

"War endures"

"It makes no difference what men think of war"

"All order is derived from the heavens"

"Children of a higher order"

"What constitutes the naturalist I cannot say"

"Hear me, he said. There is no such thing as accidents"

"A man's at odds to know his mind cause his mind is aught he has"

"You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs."