No Country for Old Men Chapter I Quotes
No Country for Old Men Chapter I Quotes
How we cite the quotes:
(Chapter.Section.Paragraph)
Quote 22
He ran cold water of his wrists until they stopped bleeding and he tore strips from a handtowel with his teeth and wrapped his wrists and went back into the office. (1.2.5)
Ouch. This is one of our first clues that Chigurh will stop at nothing to get what he wants. He doesn't even take a breath to say "ouch" when his wrists are cut open and bleeding.
Quote 23
Do not, he said, get your dumb ass shot out here. Do not do that. (1.3.38)
Everybody needs a pep talk. Some of those pep talks have life-or-death consequences. This is one of them.
Quote 24
Nothing wounded goes uphill, he said. It just doesn't happen. (1.3.42)
This line is a lie. Llewelyn is facing an uphill battle from the moment Chigurh gets on his trail, but that doesn't prompt him to give up. He keeps going, even when he is wounded. Okay, to be sure, he doesn't make it in the end; maybe the sentiment should be nothing wounded goes uphill without dying.