# Quote — Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men

> Nothin wounded goes uphill, he said. It just dont happen.

- Author: [Cormac McCarthy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cormac-mccarthy.md)
- Book: [No Country for Old Men](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cormac-mccarthy/no-country-for-old-men.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/cormac-mccarthy/no-country-for-old-men/nothin-wounded-goes

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> If it ain't a mess, it'll do till the mess gets here.

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> All the time you spend tryin to get back what's been took from you there's more goin out the door. After a while you just try and get a tourniquet on it.

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> If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?

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