Quotes from Louis L'Amour

way among the rocks. Occasionally he was exposed, but there were no more shots. Either he was unseen, and they were deliberately allowing him to get to the cabin, or they had moved out to try to cross farther up, away from his line of fire, and so come down behind

But what child in his later years does not wish he had listened when his parents talked among themselves, about themselves, their families, the way they had lived? So often we do not realize how much we could have learned until it is too late and there is no going back.

From somewhere a motor roared into life, then another, and still another.

The Indian must not lose pride in what he does, in his handicraft, for if he loses pride he will no longer build, his art will fail him, and he will completely be dependent upon others.

It is through wonder that we come to know.

One of the ways to avoid trouble was to see it before it got to you.

The idea that the world was flat was never put forth by a seafaring man. It was a tale told to landsmen, or to merchants who might be inclined to compete for markets, for in those days the source of raw material was closely guarded.

staring out at the sunlit street. It was a whole lot simpler out

That was how I would remember my father. There was never a place he walked that was not the better for his having passed. For every tree he cut down he planted two.

Whatever the book, a reader reads.

Would you fight a woman, Mr. Radigan? I thought Western men more gallant." There was no yielding in Radigan. "When you opened the ball," he replied, "you called the tune.

All that was long ago, and a mill does not turn upon water that is past, nor does a ship sail with the winds of yesterday.

woman who takes cards in a man's game holds the status of a man and is entitled to no more respect.

The thing to remember when traveling is that the trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast and you miss all you are traveling for.

When I awakened I was cold, colder than I had ever been before.

Bell. His next punch was a clean miss, but if Bell missed any at all they had been invisible punches, for Bell had promptly given him such a beating that it was three days before he could ride out of town. No man in a lifetime takes two such beatings. No man could take them. When Jud Devitt approached

Old Ed France

Folks that prosperous don't usually pick up and move. Mostly, movers are poor folks.

Pa had found it and brought gold from it, and pa must have come

I cannot believe in anything else. A man needs heroes. He needs to believe in strength, nobility and courage. Otherwise we become sheep to be herded to the slaughterhouse of death. I believe this. I am a soldier. I try to fight for the right cause. Sometimes it is hard to know.

Circumstances had tended to weed out many of those who might cause problems, but being human, there would be differences of opinion, for the ideal situation may exist but not ideal people. Wise I might not be, but I was wise enough to know that I myself would make mistakes. I was subject to anger, to sorrow Ã¢â'¬Â¦ I do not think to discouragement.

I know. But now I don't

If I catch you on my back trail, no matter what you're hunting, I'll stake each of you to six feet of northern Arizona that nobody will ever take away from you.

It was a life that had left him rich in experience, but poor in goods of the world. The experience was the hard-fisted experience of cold winters, dry ranges, and the dusty bitterness