Quotes from Louis L'Amour

Read the Bible. There'd been whites held as slaves for several thousand years before the blacks were enslaved.

The Egyptians had Hebrew slaves as well as others. The Romans had Greek slaves as well as slaves from England and Gaul.

In that I was selfish. I wanted her with me always.

You must not judge too quickly, he said quietly. Each man deserves to be judged against the canvas of his time and his country.

What became of her?" "Her?" Buffalo furrowed his brow. "Let's see, now. She was the one

raids on the coast of England and Ireland by slavers from Africa. One whole village, Baltimore, on the Irish coast, was carried off in one raid.

was sixty feet off, but the bullet caught him in the top of the head, killing him instantly.

There was much to learn of people, much to learn of the art of government, which had suddenly become my responsibility. I had already learned to listen to the advice of others but to act only on my own beliefs, and to make my own decisions.

But if you understand … where there is understanding there is no hate. Outside

arm was seized and he was thrown over Fallon's back with a flying mare. He hit the ground with a thud and Fallon fell upon him, a knee driving into his solar plexus as Fallon came down, then that

It was a pity, he reflected, that the men of good will are so poorly armed, for at times it was a handicap not to hate.

Where there's no law, all the strength can't be left in the hands of the lawless, so good men use guns, too.

followed my sister Lorna to the creek when she went for water. When I came upon them he had grabbed my sister by the arm, and I straightaway knocked him down.

Remember this, my son: our world is one where the impossible occurs every day, and what we often call supernatural is simply the misunderstood.

knowledge of the

the town of Sentinel was becoming vital, acquiring a consciousness of the future, a sense of belonging. A strong land growing, a land which would give birth to strong sons who could build and plant and harvest. Fitz

We grew up to expect hardship and war. But a woman? I'd seen them follow their men to war, seen them seeking over battlefields to find their lonely dead, or the wounded who would die but for them. I have seen a woman pick up a man and carry him off the field to a place where he might have care.

The Bible, of course, for aside from religion there is much to be learned of men and their ways in the Bible. It is also a source of comments made, of references and figures of speech. No man could consider himself educated without some knowledge of it.

But how had the outlaw gang planned to kill him?

The only messages from the dead that I'd heard had sounded as if they came from creatures that had lost their minds.

were stiff and

He told me once that happiness was born a twin, that it must be shared. He

Learn to be in the right place at the right time and keep your own counsel.

The ledge was steep, but there