Tag: Louis L’amour
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Small Things First
Nobody ever told me life was easy, and for me, it never had been, but I was, I think, the stronger because of it. One learns to succeed by succeeding in small things first. Mostly a person learns to succeed by simply overcoming failure. -Passin’ Through
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Someone to Share Things With
A man needed a woman…he needed someone to turn to in the night, someone to share things with, someone to whom he could say, “Look at that now!” So many times he had seen the beautiful when there were no other eyes to share it with; too many times he had wished to speak and…
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The Iron Marshall
Red grinned at him. “You spin a good yarn, Marshal, but, you know, we didn’t figure any of it was worth throwin’ a loop over.” “I can carve it on your headstone,” Shanaghy said. “What?” “He asked to be showed; we showed him.”” “Hey,” Red said, “that ain’t bad! I’ve seen men buried with less.”
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Showdown at Yellow Butte
The gun came up and Fessenden seemed to lean forward with it. Kedrick triggered. The shot nailed Fessenden through the chest again. The big man took a fast step back, then another. His gun slipped from his hand, and he grabbed a glass from the bar. “Gimme a drink!” he demanded. Blood bubbled at his…
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Last of the Breed
All his life had been a preparation for dying, but dying as a warrior would die. Yet now he would not die, for dying would give them victory. He would live, he would escape, he would flaunt it in their faces. He would show them what a man could do.
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