The Three in One, the One in Three? Not so! To my own Gods I go. It may be they shall give me greater ease than your cold Christ and tangled Trinities.

No one accuses the Gunner of maudlin affection for anything except his beasts and his weapons. He hasn't the time. He serves at least three jealous gods—his horse and all its saddlery and harness; his gun, whose least detail of efficiency is more important than men's lives; and, when these have been attended to, the never-ending mystery of his art commands him.

Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink.

Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.

These are the four that are never content: that have never been filled since the dew began- Jacala's mouth, and the glut of the kite, and the hands of the ape, and the eyes of Man.

We're all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.