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 respected only the strong men who could not be insulted without a price being paid in blood.
There's nothing that sweetens the breath like a cedar toothpick, unless it's mint. And mint don't grow in these parts.
The whole point of loyalty was not to change: stick with those who stuck with you.
Of course, children were endless work. They came when you didn't want them and had needs you didn't always want to meet. Worst of all they died no matter how much you loved them. The death of her own...
Maude Jones, had killed herself with a shotgun one morning, leaving a note which merely said, 'Can't stand listening to this wind no more.
It’s his dern laziness, Call said. Jake just kind of drifts. Any wind can blow him.
It was a quiet day in Tombstone.
I suppose you set up reading the Good Book all night-spoken by Woodrow Call
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.
I hate rude behavior in a man,' he explained in his quiet, unassuming drawl. 'I won't tolerate it.' He politely tipped his hat, and rode away.
I don’t know anything about babies, he said. No, and you’ve never lived any place but Arkansas, Clara said. But you ain’t stupid and you ain’t nailed down. You can live other places and you can learn...
I don’t eat the white of eggs if I can help it, Jasper said. I hear it causes blindness.
How he died hadn't been funny, Newt thought. It's all right, though, Augustus said. It's mostly bones we're riding over anyway. Why, think of all the buffalo that have died on these plains. Buffalo an...
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...
He said there were going to be literary parties. I tried to imagine a literary party and was unable to. It was a very abstract effort, like trying to imagine a triangle or a cube. Wearing a suit made...
He didn’t understand why women had such a need to question. He himself preferred just to let life happen, and act when opportunity arose.
He didn’t tell Newt all he knew. He didn’t tell him that even when life seemed easy, it kept on getting harder.
Ever since he was a little boy, he had always tried to make things sound better than they actually were.
During the day he had not trusted enough, and had worn himself out with pointless scurryings.