If people knew the story of their lives, how many would the… - Cormac McCarthy

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If people knew the story of their lives, how many would then elect to live them?

Cormac McCarthy

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Cormac McCarthy (born Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr.; July 20, 1933 – June 13, 2023) was an American novelist, playwright, short-story writer, and screenwriter. He wrote twelve novels, spanning the Southern Gothic, Western, modernist, and post-apocalyptic fiction genres.

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Birth Name: Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr.

Alternative Names: Charles McCarthy • Charles Joseph McCarthy

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I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing this.

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What he loved in horses was what he loved in men, the blood and the heat of the blood that ran them. All his reverence and all his fondness and all the leanings of his life were for the ardenhearted and they would always be so and never be otherwise.

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If people knew the story of their lives, how many would then elect to live them? - Cormac McCarthy

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