“Nobody should ever try to second-guess history; the facts are fantastic enough.” — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
Historical novels are, without question, the best way of teaching history, for they offer the human stories behind the events and leave… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
“Much of the study of history is a matter of comparison, of relating what was happening in one area to what was… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
I'm actually writing history. It isn't what you'd call big history. I don't write about presidents and generals... I write about the… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
“It is often said that one has but one life to live, but that is nonsense. For one who reads, there is… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
Books are the building blocks of civilization and a people without books are a people without history, a people with no story… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
If you write a book set in the past about something that happened east of the Mississippi, it's a 'historical novel.' If… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
For one who reads, there is no limit to the number of lives that may be lived, for fiction, biography, and history… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
“Each people is, I believe, inclined to believe it is the purpose of history, that all that has happened is leading to… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
“If you play games with men,” he replied, “you’ll play by men’s rules.” — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
We are, finally, all wanderers in search of knowledge. Most of us hold the dream of becoming something better than we are, something larger,… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
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,… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
“I will go with you, and when you make your camp, I will cook your meat, and when you wish to sleep, I will… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
Men strive for peace, but it is their enemies that give them strength, and I think if man no longer had enemies, he would… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. Yet that will be the beginning. — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
“Destarte! How musical! What does it mean?” “You can’t say it except in Mescalero. It means Morning, but that isn’t what it means, either.… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
