# Quote — Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing

> If you could breathe a breath so strong you could blow out the wolf. Like you blow out the copo. Like you blow out the fire from the candela. The wolf is made the way the world is made. You cannot touch the world. You cannot hold it in your hand for it is made of breath only.

- Author: [Cormac McCarthy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cormac-mccarthy.md)
- Book: [The Crossing](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cormac-mccarthy/the-crossing.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/cormac-mccarthy/the-crossing/if-you-could

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