Frontiersmen good and bad, gunmen as well as inspired prophets of the future, have been my camp companions. Thus, I know the country of which I am about to write as few men now living have known it.

My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long.

Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government.

I could never resist the call of the trail.

The cholera had broken out at the post, and five or six men were dying daily.

The Indians said the bones were those of a race of people ... three times the size of a man.

But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness, can never be blotted from my mind.

As a good horse is not very apt to jump over a bank, if left to guide himself, I let mine pick his own way.

I felt only as a man can feel who is roaming over the prairies of the far West, well armed, and mounted on a fleet and gallant steed.

The Indians kept increasing in numbers until it was estimated that we were fighting from 800 to 1,000 of them.

My debut upon the world's stage occurred on February 26th, 1845.

You can't force feed a fool. They are blind to their need.

I see you exhausted by poisonous flies

Don't time travel into the past, roaming through the nuances as if they can change. Don't bookmark pages you've already read.

Humility is born of the spirit, humiliation of the ego.

Maintaining spirituality and humanism are the keys to success. Its a balance.

A cold, calculating nightmare. Sharp as a finely honed blade. 'The Lucid Dreaming' cuts, separating the flesh before you even know you've been injured. It makes you bleed as a reader.

Dear Daddy-Long-Legs, You never answered my question and it was very important. ARE YOU BALD?

Most people that do play nowadays hit really hard. It was good to get someone that hit really hard early on.

It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.

To a mouse, cheese is cheese. That is why mouse traps are effective.