The Dark Horse Quotes
"In this country, we don’t touch a man’s horse without asking."
"A buddy of mine says that these small bales are what broke up the family ranches."
"The water, the land, and the bridge were sepia-toned, depleted."
"The state highway is about four miles back up the road."
"That’s all right; I’m not looking for friends."
"Weather was always a safe subject in this part of the world—everybody was interested, everybody enjoyed the bitching, and nobody could do anything about it."
"I dreamed of shooting the son-of-a-bitch, I dreamed about it every night and I finally did it. I shot him, I shot him six times."
"I think our hearts are the most fearless organ we've got, considering how often they'll make the same mistake, over and over again."
"If nobody remembers the history, did it still happen?"
"Funny how you can have your life some place and then just pick up one day and walk away."
"I'd rather take a bullet than write a letter."
"Just for the record, I don't know who killed my brother, but whoever did probably had a pretty good reason for doing it."
"Maybe we're getting stronger from the exercise."
"I thought you might be underestimating yourself."
"You’d be amazed at the things you’ll do if you think you’re never gonna see a place again."
"The more contact you have with the law, the less belief you have."
"The whole system works because it robs you of—faith."
"I believe you’re innocent. And I’ve spent most of my life defending and protecting the innocent."
"Don’t like naming things I might have to eat."
"My blood quickens, and I begin to sleep better when the cottonwood leaves begin their weekend turn to varsity gold."
"There’s nothing romantic about a dead body, and there’s nothing romantic about death."
"You learn by experience, and from my father I learned patience."
"There are two types of meadowlarks, eastern and western, and they do not sing the same song."
"I thought about the ferocious burst of the big owl’s wings on the trail and at the trailer—but it wasn’t the owl, it was something else."
"Ancient voices pulled me apart from myself and slammed me back together."
"I’ve never succumbed to the idea of a horse as transportation... But they didn’t have a heart."
"Feral and unfettered, Wahoo Sue was doing what she did best, what came natural to her—running within an inch of her life and mine."
"The heavens were giving me a quick look up their skirt."
"Wahoo Sue would have tired, but she must have been so happy to be free of her shackles."
"The old iron gate...stretched across the opening was still closed."
"After being on the mesa, everything in the valley felt close and looked like a page out of a child’s pop-up book."
"You have been out stealing horses? Bringing them back from the dead."
"I nudged the big black and pulled up opposite him as he reached out with both arms."
"It’s all right, Benjamin, everything’s going to be okay."
"You’ve done really well, and we’re all really proud of you."
"She misinterpreted again and thought I wanted to advance into the tail end of the passing train."
"The outside of a horse is always good for the inside of a man."
"If we can make it across, then we’re done—I promise."
"No self-respecting cowboy makes a living with a gun."
"It’s a good little town; it just had a few bad characters in it."
"A promise to el hombre muerto is a sacred trust."