If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim

I hadn’t been paying much attention to things like the sunrise, but that old sun had been coming up anyway. It didn’t really care how I felt, it was going to rise and set regardless of whether I noticed it, and if I was going to enjoy it, that was up to me.

Horses are a mirror of who you are. They're emotionally dependent on you.

Don't you make fun of me or my children! Some babies are premature. Mine were all postmature. That's why they're so smart. Their brains had longer to develop.

I never had any question that my parents loved me. I had a real sense of self confidence.

Nobody's perfect. We're all just one step up from the beasts and one step down from the angels.

One thing about whoring: It put a chicken on the table.