# Quote — Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men

> When I came into your life your life was over. It had a beginning, a middle, and an end. This is the end. You can say that things could have turned out differently. That they could have been some other way. But what does that mean? They are not some other way. They are this way. You're asking that I second say the world.

- 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/when-i-came

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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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