Quotes
Cards (63)
- "God a’mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy."
- “We travel together"
- “She slang her pups last night… nine of ‘em. I drowned four of ‘em right off"
- “A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody”
- "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world."
- "We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us."
- “We could live offa the fatta the lan’.”
- “A guy sets alone out here at night, maybe readin’ books or thinkin’ or stuff like that.”
- “A guy on a ranch don’t never listen nor he don’t ast no questions.”
- "I shouldn't have let a stranger shoot my dog"
- “But you get used to goin’ around with a guy an’ you can’t get rid of him.”
- “But you jus’ tell an’ try to get this guy canned and we’ll tell ever’body, an’ then will you get the laugh.”
- 'So they left the weak ones'
- "I'll show you who's yella"
- "Shoot for his guts"
- "Stablebucks a n*****"
- "A n***** an’ a dum-dum and a lousy ol’ sheep”
- “I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely.”
- ”Nobody never gets to heaven and nobody gets no land”
- “He figures he‘s got you scared and he’s gonna sock you the first chance he gets”
- “It’s a lot nicer to go around with the guy you know”
- “What stake you got in this guy?”
- “Funny how you an’ him string along together”
- “He was gonna put me in the movies”
- “Well, you keep your place then, n*****. I could have you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny”
- “A smart little guy”
- ”He’s jes’ like a kid, ain’t he?”
- “I seen hundreds of men come by on the road an' on the ranches, every damn one of 'em's got a little piece of land in his head. An' never a God damn one of 'em ever gets it.”
- “I coulda made somethin’ of myself.”
- "Ain't many guys travel around together, I don't know why. Maybe ever'body in the whole damn world is scared of each other."
- “Ranch with a bunch of guys on it ain’t no place for a girl, specially like her.”
- “Someday—we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow.”
- "If you don' want me I can go off in the hills an' find a cave. I can go away any time."
- "There wasn’t another colored family for miles around. And now there ain’t a colored man on this ranch an’ there’s jus’ one family in Soledad."
- "I wasn't kicked in the head with no horse, was I, George?"
- “You give me a good whore house every time”
- “If he finds out what a crazy bastard you are, we won't get no job”
- “I wisht somebody’d shoot me if I got old an’ a cripple.”
- “You hadda, George. I swear you hadda.”
- “I had ‘im ever since he was a pup. God, he was a good sheep dog when he was younger.’