Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.

Out here you better have a gun, and a gun in the wagon ain't good for nothin'. I believe what the old Quaker said, 'Trust in the Lord, but keep your powder dry.

I never figured it was a cowardly thing to be scared. It's to be scared and still face up to what scares you that matters.

We are, finally, all wanderers in search of knowledge. Most of us hold the dream of becoming something better than we are, something larger, richer, in some way more important to the world and ourselves. Too often, the way taken is the wrong way, with too much emphasis on what we want to have, rather than what we wish to become.

There have always been hard times. There have always been wars and troubles

Today is all we have, tomorrow is a mirage that may never become reality.

When feeding time comes around, there is nothing a hawk likes better than a nice, fat, peaceful dove.