This is how the entire course of a life can be changed: by doing nothing.

When they kissed she immediately felt his tongue, tensed and strong, pushing past her teeth, like some bully shouldering his way into a room. Entering her.

Don't be afraid of trial but don't die in your temptation.

there grew up around the campfires stories of a great silver stallion seen galloping over wind-packed snow way up on the Ramshead Range

Do not worry, Rose. I do not bite unless you wish me to.

The ability to think isn't exclusive to erudite

In my life I doubt if I will ever forget the sensation of your lips against mine

Without courage all other virtues lose their meaning.

Wedding: the point at which a man stops toasting a woman and begins roasting her.

Early in my business career I learned the folly of worrying about anything. I have always worked as hard as I could, but when a thing went wrong and could not be righted, I dismissed it from my mind.

Satan has no power over us except as we give it to him. God never forces us to do right, and Satan has no power to force us to do wrong.

Man often acquires just so much knowledge as to discover his ignorance, and attains so much experience as to regret his follies, and then dies.