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The Max Brand Megapack QUOTES

The Max Brand Megapack QUOTES

1 " the stranger met every remark; not a thoughtful pause, but rather as though he wondered if it were worth while to make any answer. "

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2 " I’ve come here for the silence,” he said. “Silence,” repeated "

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3 " If it doesn’t make callouses on a girl’s hands it will make them on her heart. I’ve been waiting all my life for a chance, and the chance has never come.” Something flared in her. "

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4 " if a man ain’t got the heart inside, it don’t make no difference how big around the chest he measures. "

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5 " he had said it in such a manner that they were fairly certain he would never make what he had done a subject of boasting. There "

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6 " A fitted shoe is a right good shoe,” said the old man, enthusiastically. “I’ll fit that shoe to the breadth of a hair.” “And you’ll be all the night about it,” declared the son. “Better a late start than a never ending,” said the father. "

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7 " Some damn fools say they ain’t a God! Some damn fools! Something for nothing. That’s what He gives! Steady, "

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8 " A thing half done is a game not won,” said he. “If there’s only one window in the house unlocked the devil may fly through it as easy as if the whole place was open. "

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9 " But then, there’s a thing that’s harder to watch than a sword or nitroglycerin. It cuts and it tears—a tongue does! "

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10 " It ain’t every hand that can move as fast as the eye can jump, and faster. But patience climbs the highest hill and— "

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11 " It had been very well done, Ronicky decided, Blondy had acquitted himself with just the right edge to his voice. He had not been sickeningly acquiescent. Neither had he been stupidly defiant. But "

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12 " Don’t you aim to work with iron. Aim to work with men. They’re what need the bendin’. They’re what it pays to shape. Heat ’em and temper ’em. Hammer ’em and form ’em. If you break one of ’em, here and there, it don’t make no difference. Throw the pieces outside the shop. Leave "

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13 " In the Far West there is one thing which is more fabulously valuable then gold, even. And that is a story, whether it be truth or good, true-sounding fiction. Stories "

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14 " he had avoided the full brunt of danger and still retained his dignity. And "

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15 " He softened his voice. “Gaspar,” he said, “keep your head up. Make up your mind that you’ll fight to the last gasp. Why, it makes me plumb sick to see a grown man give up like you do! "

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16 " I hate your infernal croaking, but, if you’re bound to talk, I suppose that I got to listen. Blaze away and finish up. "

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17 " There is a use for fighting men, isn’t there?” she brooded. “Use for ’em?” laughed Corson. “Why, lady, how come we to be sitting here? Because gents have fought to put us here! How come this is part of God’s country? Because a lot of folks buckled on guns to make it that! Use "

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18 " Lemme tell you what a friend is. He’s the bunkie that guards your back in a fight; he’s the man that can ask for your hoss or your gun or your life, no matter how bad you want ’em; he’s the gent that trusts you when the world calls you a liar; he’s the one that don’t grin when you’re in trouble, who gives a cheer when you’re going good. With a friend you let down the bars and turn your mind loose like wild hosses. I take out my soul like a gun and show it to my friend in the palm of my hand. It’s "

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19 " To a friend you give yourself away, and you get yourself back bigger and stronger. "

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20 " He saw three ugly natures, three small, cruel souls. "

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