Blood Meridian

Book · 4 characters · 412 quotes · 1985

Quotes from Blood Meridian

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"All war is one war."
Judge Holden War
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"Time is the fires in which we burn."
Judge Holden Time
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"Nothing is written upon the earth that cannot be razed."
Judge Holden Power
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"All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain."
Judge Holden Beauty
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"In the end we are all judges."
Judge Holden Justice
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"Only the damned are pleased with their condition."
Judge Holden Truth
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"You cannot petition the lord with prayer."
Judge Holden Faith
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"The world cannot be otherwise than it is."
Judge Holden Philosophy
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"Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."
Judge Holden Power
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"In every trade save war men have sought to perfect their instruments"
Judge Holden War
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"The world cannot be known"
Judge Holden Knowledge
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"Whatever exists without my knowledge exists without my consent"
Judge Holden Power
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"All acts are moves in some greater game"
Judge Holden Wisdom
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"Whatever is true must be true forever"
Judge Holden Truth
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"All violence is a form of communication"
Judge Holden Philosophy
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"What is written in blood cannot be unwritten"
Judge Holden Truth
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"In the book of all that ever was"
Judge Holden Philosophy
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"Whatever moves must kill to live"
Judge Holden Life
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"What man does not learn he repeats"
Judge Holden Wisdom
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"Whatever is inscribed in stone endures"
Judge Holden History
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"What is not in the ledger does not exist"
Judge Holden Truth
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"There is no such thing as life without bloodshed"
Judge Holden War
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"The world is everything that is the case"
Judge Holden Philosophy
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"He spoke of the earth and the stones and the rising of blood"
Judge Holden Wisdom
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"The stars do not lie"
Judge Holden Truth
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"What is written cannot be unwritten"
Judge Holden Truth
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"Nothing is exempt from the law"
Judge Holden Justice
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"Men are made for war"
Judge Holden War
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"Madness and genius are neighbors"
Judge Holden Wisdom
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"What is past is prologue"
Judge Holden History