I got what I needed instead of what I wanted and that's just about the best kind of luck you can have. Author: Cormac McCarthy Copy Quote More from Cormac McCarthy “And in the dream I knew that he was goin on ahead and that he was fixin to make…” “They rode out along the fenceline and across the open pastureland. The leather …” “Even in this world, more things exist without our knowledge than with it and th…” “Such a man is like a dreamer who wakes from a dream of grief to a greater sorro…”