Blood Meridian

Book · 4 characters · 412 quotes · 1985

Quotes from Blood Meridian

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"The world is everything that is the case and nothing more."
Judge Holden Philosophy
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"What man is there who does not prefer to be in the company of men rather than beasts?"
Judge Holden Relationships
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"In the way of things there is no trucage."
Judge Holden Truth
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"Men are made in the image of God. But a man is something other than an image."
Judge Holden Philosophy
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"I have been to see them. I have seen them in their graves."
Judge Holden Death
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"The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear."
Judge Holden Wisdom
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"Books are made to be read and they are what they are."
Judge Holden Literature
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"I have studied the fauna of this entire region and I tell you there is nothing in the desert that does not have a use."
Judge Holden Knowledge
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"Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."
Judge Holden Power
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"The judge smiled. He raised one huge index finger."
Judge Holden Power
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"All things are appointed and nothing is random."
Judge Holden Philosophy
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"All that falls must be accounted for."
Judge Holden Justice
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"War is the ultimate trade in all history."
Judge Holden War
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"The world is older than it is young."
Judge Holden Wisdom
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"All order is the order of chaos."
Judge Holden Philosophy
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"That man who has not sat in darkness has not seen light."
Judge Holden Wisdom
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"All things of this world are subject to corruption and decay."
Judge Holden Philosophy
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"Only that man can speak who has counseled with God."
Judge Holden Wisdom
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"The world cannot be lost. It exists independent of witness."
Judge Holden
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"You think there is some place these things dont happen. There is no such place."
Judge Holden Truth
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"Whatever exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."
Judge Holden Philosophy
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"He rode on. He was going to be god."
Kid
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"Whatever moves through the world shapes the world by moving through it."
Judge Holden Power
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"All books are ultimately about the same thing."
Judge Holden Literature
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"The strong survive; the weak perish. This is not cruelty, merely truth."
Judge Holden Strength
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"What is beautiful is often terrible."
Judge Holden Beauty
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"War cannot be reasoned with."
Judge Holden War
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"All things move toward their end."
Judge Holden Time
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"What evil exists is not in the world but in the hearts of men."
Judge Holden Philosophy
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"The flowers of evil bloom regardless of our judgment."
Judge Holden Nature