Learning may be the best thing we have. It may be all that we can truly keep, Lorie,
It’s a funny life, Augustus said. All these cattle and nine-tenths of the horses is stolen, and yet we was once respected lawmen. If we get to Montana we’ll have to go into politics. You’ll wind up go...
It ain’t a mistake to behave like a human being once in a while,
Is the girl all right? She’s had an ordeal but she’s young, Augustus said. She won’t forget it, but she might outlive it.
I'm glad I've been wrong enough to keep in practice. . . You can't avoid it, you've got to learn to handle it. If you only come face to face with your own mistakes once or twice in your life it's boun...
I see you’re in a hurry to get someplace. It’s a great mistake to hurry. Why? Joe asked, puzzled by almost everything the traveler said. Because the grave’s our destination, Mr. Sedgwick said. Those w...
I needed a man, Call replied. I was hoping he might turn out to be a fighter. No, he’s just a jailer, Billy said.
He thought living in a place where there were eagles to watch might encourage some pretty good dreams.
He had his knife and gun belt on over his underwear, in case of sudden attack.
Governors and legislators wanted the hostiles held in check and the bandits hung, but they wanted it all to be done with the fewest possible men on the cheapest possible horses. It irritated Call and...
Famous Shoes knew the young ranger was scared. Nothing was easier to detect in a man than fear. It showed even in the way he fumbled with his cup while drinking coffee; and it was normal that he would...
Don't be trying to give back pain for pain...You can't get even measures in business like this.
Do you know what it means to be heartbroken? It means your heart isn't whole, so you can't really do anything wholeheartedly.
Death and worse happened on the plains.
Certain mountains were that way, like the Bighorns. The air around them was so clear you could ride toward them for days without seeming to get any closer. And yet, if you kept riding, you would get t...
CHERFUL IN ALL WEATHERS, NEVER SHERKED A TASK, SPLENDID BEHAVIOUR.
But as far as trusting the general run of men, there was no need, since she had no intention of ever expecting anything from one of them again.
Buffalo Hump knew his son was brave, but that was not enough. If a warrior lacked wisdom, courage alone would not keep him alive for long.
As the day died and the afterglow stretched upward in the soft, empty sky, the Hat Creek outfit, seven strong, crossed the river and rode southeast, toward the Hacienda Flores.
As she was finishing her song, the notes dipped down low—they carried a sadness that was more than a sadness at the death of men; rather it was a sadness at the lives of men, and of women. It reminded...