Part of him wanted to remember; part of him needed to forget.
My main skills are talking and cooking biscuits, Augustus said. And getting drunk on the porch.
I’d like to see you think the roof back on that barn, Call said.
I never met a soul in this world as normal as me.
If we know anything about man, it's that he's not pacific. The temptation to butcher anyone considered undesirable seems to be a common temptation, not always resisted.
Was necessary to ignore most of those Gus made or else you got bogged down in useless conversation.
Yesterday's gone on down the river and you can't get it back.
Without risk there was no power, not for a grown man.
There was no degree of competence that would assure anyone of survival, and no scale that would tell a commander which man would live and which man would die.
I still think we ought to just hire the town and take it with us. Then we’d have a good barkeep and someone to play the pianer.
He was tired of seeing his family only in dreams.
He turned the cylinder of the Colt and listened to the small, clear clicks it made. The grip was wood, the barrel cool and blue; the holster had kept a faint smell of saddle soap. He slipped the gun b...
Great readers (are) those who know early that there is never going to be time to read all there is to read, but do their darnedest anyway.
A man who wouldn't cheat for a poke don't want one bad enough. --Augustus Gus McCrae
Woman’s love is like the morning dew, it’s just as apt to settle on a horse turd as it is on a rose.
Today the sight that discourages book people most is to walk into a public library and see computers where books used to be. In many cases not even the librarians want books to be there. What consumer...
They sorry, Deets said. Saying won’t change it. He’s gone, don’t worry about him. He’s gone to the peaceful place. He put his hand
They respected only the strong men who could not be insulted without a price being paid in blood.
They probably think the sun won't come up unless you're there to allow it.
There's nothing that sweetens the breath like a cedar toothpick, unless it's mint. And mint don't grow in these parts.