Blood Meridian

"That we are not masters of our own existence is something we learn too late."

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

"What is life but a series of violent acts?"

"The world existed for him to know it."

"There is no person more conspicuous in the book of the damned."

"All things are false and all things are true."

"What is not known cannot be said to be."

"The world is everything that is the case."

"Men are made of dust and die and in all of this he takes no interest."

"The freedom of birds is an insult to us."

"War is god."

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

"The judge smiled at the dying man"

"War is the truest form of nature"

"He studied the bones with scholarly interest"

"Nothing is written that cannot be unwritten"

"The judge smiled and drew forth a small ledger"

"He sat naked on his haunches"

"Everything that is moves in war"

"There is no such thing as time"

"He is a corruption. He is not an equal oppressor"

"The judge looked at him and smiled"