Why should I have been surprised? Hunters walk the forest without a sound. The hunter, strapped to his rifle, the fox on his feet of silk, the serpent on his empire of muscles— all move in a stillness, hungry, careful, intent. Just as the cancer en...
I didn't suffer from PTSD, but I changed. People change in life, and not just because of war. I saw this in life before the military, and over and over again during the thirty-one years I served. We can't expect people to stay the same forever; we ne...
I yanked hard on the reins, and my horse's hooves slid on the linoleum as he skidded to a stop, nervously snorting and tossing his head at the cramped quarters he'd suddenly found himself in. The Frontman stood in the hallway between me and Ben, hold...
I am a firm believer that the challenges we endure in life evolve us to be the peole we become. I have learned that life is what you make of it, what you do is important, work shouldn't become your life, and you should enjoy life as God hands it to y...
Cat rescue is like a virus," says Des placidely about the cat obsession that has taken over his life. "And once you're infected, it's incurable.
The only way I’d ever die of a broken heart, is if I slammed into something really hard
If you got caught with your pants down. I suppose the first question to ask is, what were you doing in a fishing net
Love is just the chocolate-coated realization you're going to spend the rest of your life with a person and unfortunately it melts in your mouth
There's a fine line between stuff, and if you stare at it long enough it'll drive you insane or to genius
I spread eggshells all over my room, so anyone who tries to get close when I sleep will know what they're walking on
Whats the difference between a king and his horse?I dont mean some kiddy shit like one has 4 legs and the other has 2, or ones a person and ones an animal. If their form, ability, and power is exactly the same, then why is it one becomes the king and...
If I am to be fallen into love, I will. And if as a result I will appear to be stupid, disillusioned, and of poor judgment, I will. And I would be damned if I cared what other people think. For I would rather be thought of as all of these things, tha...
[last lines] Mattie Ross: Trust you to buy another tall horse. Rooster Cogburn: Yeah. He's not as game as Beau, but Stonehill says he can jump a four rail fence. Mattie Ross: You are too old and fat to be jumping horses. Rooster Cogburn: Well, come s...
Spud: [singing] Did you think I would leave you crying, when there's room on my horse for two? Climb up here, Tommy and don't be dying, I can go just as fast with two. When we grow up we'll both be soldiers And our horses will not be toys, and I wond...
[Daniel Hochleitner comforts Rachel after her husband's death, then walks by as some funeral guests are chatting] Amish: Jacob was a good farmer. Amish: Not a man to buy a horse from. Hochleitner, wasn't it he who sold you the one with the ruptured t...
[Flounder has just fired a blank cartridge near Neidermeyer's horse, and the horse has dropped dead] Bluto: Holy shit! D-Day: There were blanks in that gun! Flounder: I didn't even point the gun at him! Bluto: Holy shit! [D-Day checks the gun] D-Day:...
The wildest colts make the best horses.
I spent all my youth with horses.
I rode horses since I was a kid.
Our historical pastime is the direct satisfaction of inflicting pain. There are lines in Nekrassov describing how a peasant lashes a horse on the eyes, 'on its meek eyes,' everyone must have seen it. It's peculiarly Russian. He describes how a feeble...
I love getting paid to ride a horse.
