Blood Meridian

Book · 4 characters · 412 quotes · 1985

Quotes from Blood Meridian

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"The only thing worth stealing is time"
Judge Holden Wisdom
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"Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent"
Judge Holden Philosophy
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"The judge smiled. He rose and walked out onto the terrace and stood looking at the landscape, his massive head silhouetted against the burning sky"
Judge Holden Power
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"There is no such thing as a mistake in the grand design."
Judge Holden
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"In the court of the final moment all decisions are made."
Judge Holden
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"I am a solitary thing and I contain all things."
Judge Holden Power
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"The world does not change, only our perception of it."
Judge Holden Philosophy
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"You must be prepared to die for what you believe."
Judge Holden Courage
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"Everything that exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."
Judge Holden
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"What's in store for us as human creatures I do not know."
Kid
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"There is no such thing as a chance encounter."
Judge Holden Philosophy
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"Blood meridian is your destiny."
Judge Holden
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"The man who rides ahead of himself he will have to ride behind."
Old Man Wisdom
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"I know nothing which I have not forgotten."
Judge Holden Knowledge
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"War is god."
Judge Holden War
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"You think when you die you go to heaven. But you don't go to heaven. Nobody goes to heaven."
Judge Holden Faith
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"He's a terrible old man."
Kid Fear
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"Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."
Judge Holden Power
J
"There is no darkness except in ignorance."
Judge Holden Knowledge
J
"What man can call his works to account?"
Judge Holden Wisdom
J
"All blood flows to a common sea."
Judge Holden Philosophy
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"Nothing is true. Everything is permitted."
Judge Holden Philosophy
J
"I know what I am and I know what I came to do."
Judge Holden
J
"Drink it. It's good water."
Judge Holden Wisdom
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"All things of grace and beauty such as dreams are made on are withheld from those who refuse to fight."
Judge Holden Courage
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"One cannot make the dead animate."
Judge Holden Death
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"Every act a man undertakes commits him to a judgment of himself."
Judge Holden Philosophy
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"The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear."
Judge Holden Knowledge
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"If war is not a natural process then what is?"
Judge Holden Nature
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"War is the ultimate game because war is at last a forcing of the unity of existence."
Judge Holden War