I was afraid I was going to die and then I was afraid I wasnt. Author: Cormac McCarthy Copy Quote More from Cormac McCarthy “The boy who rode on slightly before him sat a horse not only as if he'd been bo…” “Foreign stars in the nights down there. A whole new astronomy Mensa, Musca, the…” “From daydreams on the road there was no waking. He plodded on. He could remembe…” “If only my heart were stone.”