Blood Meridian

By: Cormac McCarthy - Read: May 16, 2024 - Rating: 9/10

One of my new favorite books. McCarthy does an amazing job of building a mental image of the American and Mexican landscape. The characters are multi dimensional and complicated. Judge Holden may be the best antagonist ever. Highly recommend - will certainly reread myself.

"That which exists without my knowledge exists without my consent"

“For let it go how it will, he said, God speaks in the least of creatures. The kid thought him to mean birds or things that crawl but the expriest, watching, his head slightly cocked, said: No man is give leave of that voice. The kid spat into the fire and bent to his work. I aint heard no voice, he said. When it stops, said Tobin, you’ll know you’ve heard it all your life."