The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

Prayer never brought in no side-meat. Takes a shoat to bring in pork.

Yes, you should talk," he said. "Sometimes a sad man can talk the sadness right out through his mouth. Sometimes a killin' man can talk the murder right out of his mouth.

The Mojave is a big desert and a frightening one. It’s as though nature tested a man for endurance and constancy to prove whether he was good enough to get to California.

It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.

I am a little man and this is a little town, but there must be a spark in little men that can burst into flame.

It don't cost money to ask.