There will come a time when you believe everything is finished; that w — Louis L'Amour

"Out here you better have a gun, and a gun in the wagon aint good for nothin. I believe what the old Quaker said,"Trust in the Lord, but keep your powder dry."

"I would not sit waiting for some vague tomorrow, nor for something to happen. One could wait a lifetime, and find nothing at the end of the waiting. I would begin here, I would make something happen."

"Characters have a way of taking on a life on their own, expressing themselves in the simple philosophy of their times, and expressing beliefs acquired through living, working, and being. Once characters are established, they become their own persons and the ideas of the characters are such ideas as they might have acquired in the circumstances of their daily existence."

"He had seen Hyle shoot, and he had seen only one man he thought was as good ... just one. Hed seen Con Vallian down in the Bald Knob country that time, and Con was quick. He was almighty quick at a time when a man was either quick or he was dead."

"I sat very still, as befitted a small boy among strangers, staring wide-eyed into a world I did not know. I was six years old and my father was dying."

"Do not let yourself be bothered by the inconsequential. One has only so much time in this world, so devote it to the work and the people most important to you, to those you love and things that matter. One can waste half a lifetime with people one doesnt really like, or doing things when one would be better off somewhere else."