" We live in wild country, sir. I know folks who think all wild things are sweet and cuddly, but they’ve never come into a henhouse after a weasel has been there. He can drink the blood of only one or two, but often as not he’ll kill every one of them. Wolves will do it in a pen of lambs, too. There are savage beasts in the world, Mr. Chantry, and men who are just as savage. "

― Louis L'Amour , The Sacketts Volume One 5-Book Bundle: Sackett's Land, To the Far Blue Mountains, The Warrior's Path, Jubal Sackett, Ride the River