Choices Quotes in No Country for Old Men

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Quote #4

Moss walked out onto the prairie behind the motel with one of the motel pillows under his arm and he wrapped the pillow about the muzzle of the gun and fired off three rounds and then stood there in the cold sunlight watching the feathers drift across the gray chaparral, thinking about his life. (7.2.114)

Once again, Llewelyn thinks about his life. He keeps making choices that get him deeper and deeper into trouble. Was there one fatal choice that changed everything forever? Or were there a series of choices? Both?

Quote #5

You dont start over. That's what it's about. Ever step you take is forever. You cant make it go away. (8.2.159)

Llewelyn is talking to the unnamed hitchhiker here, and he's basically telling her that it's a bad idea to stick around with him. (He's right.) However, he can't make that choice for her; she has to decide herself. And she chooses wrong.

Quote #6

Bell tried to think about his life. Then he tried not to. (9.3.89)

Bell has reached a point in his life when he regrets some of his big choices, so he has to try and ignore them. He has to choose to not think about his choices. Is that even possible?