. . he had learned in his years of tracking Indians that things which seemed impossible often weren't. They only became so if one thought about them too much so that fear took over.
The moment indifference took over, life began to subside. Few men rose out of it: most lost all impulse toward activity and ended by offering death at least a halfhearted welcome.
No medicine man or wise man knew why one man died and another lived. Wise men themselves often died before fools, and cowards before men who were brave.
Bandit,
Alone. A military unit is a fine thing when it works, he said. But it usually don’t work. A solitary feat of arms is better, if the foe is worthy.
You can scare off a lot of cowboys just by looking mean, I guess.
Yesterday's gone on down the river and you can't get it back.
Worm was old; he was a man of silence. He could speak prophecy and make spells, but mostly he was quiet and alert, a pleasure to travel with.
Woodrow don't mention nothing he can keep from mentioning. You couldn't call him a mentioner.
With both the Indian and the women he was always left with the feeling that, without meaning to, he had made some kind of mistake.
Who asked them dern pigs? he said. I guess they tracked us, Augustus said. They’re enterprising pigs.
Well, boys, Long Bill said. I guess here's where I quit rangering. It's rare sport, but it ain't quite safe.
Though loyal and able and brave, Pea had never displayed the slightest ability to learn from his experience, though his experience was considerable. Time and again he would walk up on the wrong side o...
Things are just put together wrong. There’s so much shit in the world a man’s gonna get in it sooner or later, whether he’s careful or not.
There isn't a thought in my head I care to be alone with for more than five minutes.
The thought crossed his mind that he ought to have married her and not gone rambling. If he had, he wouldn’t be in such a fix. But he felt little fear; just an overpowering fatigue. Life had slipped o...
She may know what I am, though, Lorena said.Yes, she'll know you're a human being. You don't have to duck your head to nobody. Half the women in this country probably started out like you did, workin'...
Ride with an outlaw, die with him, he added. I admit it's a harsh code. But you rode on the other side long enough to know how it works. I'm sorry you crossed the line, though. Jake's momentary optimi...
Most of the talk of human beings was silly talk, talk that was of less weight than a man’s breath.
I'm tired of justice, ain't you?