Do not let yourself be bothered by the inconsequential. One has only so much time in this world, so devote it to… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
“Often I hear people say they do not have time to read. That's absolute nonsense. In the one year during which I… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
There have always been hard times. There have always been wars and troubles -famine, disease and such-like -and some folks are born… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
This-this was what made life: a moment of quiet, the water falling in the fountain, the girl's voice. . . a moment… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
The only power source a book needs is you. If you have to leave for a few minutes you have not lost… — 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
“Without books we should very likely be a still-primitive people living in the shadow of traditions that faded with years until only… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
“No man can put a rope on the past and hope to snub it down. The best thing is to learn to… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
One who returns to a place sees it with new eyes. Although the place may not have changed, the viewer inevitably has.… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
A man shares his days with hunger, thirst, and cold, with the good times and the bad, and the first part of… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
There have always been hard times. There have always been wars and troubles — 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