Blood Meridian

Book · 4 characters · 412 quotes · 1985

Quotes from Blood Meridian

J
"Whatever cannot be measured is not real."
Judge Holden Science
J
"Everything in the universe is traveling in some direction."
Judge Holden Philosophy
J
"Whatever moves is alive. Whatever is alive seeks to kill."
Judge Holden Life
J
"Whatever is not eternal is trash."
Judge Holden Wisdom
J
"All things proceed from darkness and all things end in darkness."
Judge Holden Death
J
"You have no idea what I am."
Judge Holden Power
J
"Books lie. God does not lie."
Judge Holden Truth
J
"There is no such thing as a war that does not move."
Judge Holden War
J
"In life there is no contingency. There is only the structure of the world."
Judge Holden Philosophy
J
"The world is everything that is the case."
Judge Holden Wisdom
J
"Hear me. Whatever exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."
Judge Holden Justice
J
"Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."
Judge Holden Power
J
"You are a thing of this world only but you give no evidence that you have a thing in you."
Judge Holden Philosophy
J
"What is life but a succession of moments, and what is memory but a faulty record thereof?"
Judge Holden Philosophy
J
"Knowledge and power are not always compatible."
Judge Holden Knowledge
J
"In the last analysis the beautiful things of the world are not of themselves beautiful."
Judge Holden Beauty
J
"I have not come among you to tell you anything of value."
Judge Holden Philosophy
J
"The dance does not pause. It continues on."
Judge Holden Time
J
"Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."
Judge Holden Power
J
"People dont like to be read to. They like to talk."
Judge Holden Philosophy
O
"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."
Old Man Change
J
"He studied the dust of those strange detritus"
Judge Holden Knowledge
J
"War endures"
Judge Holden War
J
"It makes no difference what men think of war"
Judge Holden War
J
"All order is derived from the heavens"
Judge Holden Philosophy
J
"Children of a higher order"
Judge Holden Philosophy
J
"What constitutes the naturalist I cannot say"
Judge Holden Knowledge
J
"Hear me, he said. There is no such thing as accidents"
Judge Holden Philosophy
O
"A man's at odds to know his mind cause his mind is aught he has"
Old Man Wisdom
J
"You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs."
Judge Holden Wisdom