When someone's wounded, the first order of business is to stop the bleeding. You can figure out later how best to help them heal.

That was the thing to remember about all monsters, They love to frighten people, but the minute you stare them down, they turn tail and run.

In this world, it's not enough to have a fine education. You need a piece of paper to prove you got it.

If you had weak eyes, they needed exercise to get strong. Glasses were like crutches. They prevented people with feeble eyes from seeing the world on their own.

I became known as Lily Casey, the mustang-breaking, poker-playing, horse-race-winning schoolmarm of Coconino County, and it wasn't half bad to be in place where no one had a problem with a woman having a moniker like that.

Most important thing in life is learning how to fall.

You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.