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The Orchard Keeper
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"The Orchard Keeper" Quotes

"The Orchard Keeper" is a dark, atmospheric novel exploring the intertwined lives of outcasts and lawmen in rural Tennessee during the 1930s.

Quotes

The world is no better and the Lord is no more merciful in one place than another.

Cormac McCarthy

faithequality

There's a lot of bad things in this world, but there's a lot of good things too.

Cormac McCarthy

optimism

Life's just one damn thing after another.

Cormac McCarthy

life

I ain't never let on I knowed nothin. But I always knowed.

Cormac McCarthy

knowledge

The truth about life is that it's just one thing after another, and the truth about death is that it's the same.

Cormac McCarthy

lifedeath

You cain't do nothin about the weather.

Cormac McCarthy

acceptance

Some things you can't never forget.

Cormac McCarthy

memory

Sometimes it's better not to know so much.

Cormac McCarthy

ignorance

The way I see it is, if you're gonna build a house you gotta be careful about what you build it on.

Cormac McCarthy

wisdomfoundation

There's a lot of things in this world you can't change.

Cormac McCarthy

acceptance