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“Trace, a cattle rancher, and Hannah, a vegetarian, had nothing in common until the accident.”
― Cricket Rohman, Colorado Takedown

“Jerking her blindfold back into place, he yelled, “Giddy-up!”                                    �� “They only say that in cartoons, you moron.”
― Cricket Rohman, Colorado Takedown

“Buttercup?�� Trace looked concerned. “You’ve named the cows?��
“Not all of them �� yet. I’ll give them each a name when the perfect name pops up.��
He scratched his head. “You do know the fate of most beef cattle, right?”��”
― Cricket Rohman, Colorado Takedown

“Yong is the outer manifestation of something. Ti is the underlying essence. Technology is a yong associated with a particular ti that is ... Western, and completely alien to us [the Chinese]. For centuries, since the time of the Opium Wars, we have struggled to absorb the yong of technology without importing the Western ti. But it has been impossible. Just as our ancestors could not open our ports to the West without accepting the poison of opium, we could not open our lives to Western technology without taking in the Western ideas, which have been as a plague on our society. The result has been centuries of chaos.”
― Neal Stephenson, The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer

“First, the weather got hotter every day, and the hay press broke down every day. Second, the boss fell in love with Marian Wray, and the hay press broke down every day. Third, inside of forty-eight hours everybody on that crew hated everybody else, and the hay press broke down every day. Fourth, and most important of all, the hay press broke down every day.”
― Max Brand, The Oath of Office: A Western Trio

“Protestantism harbors within it certain elements �� just as the Great Reformer himself harbored such elements within his personality. I am thinking here of a sentimentality, a trancelike self-hypnosis that is not European, that is foreign and hostile to our active hemisphere’s law of life. Just look at him, this Luther. Look at the portraits, both as a young man and later. What a skull, what cheekbones, what a strange set to the eyes. My friend, that is Asia. I would be surprised, would be astonished, if Wendish-Slavic-Sarmatian blood was not at work there, and if it was not this massive phenomenon of a man �� and who would deny him that �� who proved to be a fatal weight placed on one of the two precariously balanced scales of your nation, on the Eastern scale, which caused �� and still causes �� the Western scale to fly heavenward.”
― Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

“You sold a story last week," said Pettit, "about a gun fight in an Arizona mining town in which the hero drew his Colt's .45 and shot seven bandits as fast as they came in the door. Now, if a six-shooter could��"

"Oh, well," said I, "that's different. Arizona is a long way from New York. I could have a man stabbed with a lariat or chased by a pair of chaparreras if I wanted to, and it wouldn't be noticed until the usual error-sharp from around McAdams Junction isolates the erratum and writes in to the papers about it." (from "The Plutonian Fire")”
― O. Henry, Selected Stories

“[Tuco is in a bubble bath. The One Armed Man enters the room.]
One Armed Man: I've been looking for you for 8 months. Whenever I should have had a gun in my right hand, I thought of you. Now I find you in exactly the position that suits me. I had lots of time to learn to shoot with my left.
[Tuco kills him with the gun he has hidden in the foam.]
Tuco: When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk.”
― Sergio Leone

“The exaltation of human reason and its capabilities, a commitment to rigorous and rational debate, a promotion of intellectual inquiry and scholarly exchange--all sponsored by the Church--provided the framework for the Scientific Revolution.”
― Thomas E. Woods Jr.

“His lips slowly curved into a crooked smile while his dark eyes clung to hers, an intense, desirous resolve filling them. At the same moment, Katherine realized that their banter had gone too far.
But it was too late.
Before she could even blink, his arms wrapped around her, pulling her up against him while his mouth came down on hers, smothering her surprised gasp. With a low moan in his throat, he hungrily ground his lips into hers.
The commanding fervor in his kiss stunned her at first, making her freeze in stupefied shock. Then she resolutely braced her hands against his chest and tore her mouth away from his, appalled.
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― Melanie Nova, The Avant-gardiste: Into the West

“Cass snorted with laughter.
“She’s a real beast with a bellyful of bedsprings. Wouldn’t wanna be the one to break her in,�� he said in his thick Irish brogue. “Reminds me of that hot-blooded redhead in Omaha.�� He nudged Sully with a salacious wink. “What was her name again?��
Sully chuckled. “Molly.��
“Oh yeah, Molly.�� A broad grin of reminiscence showed on Cass’s face. “Was a real beauty, that one, wasn’t she? We should name this filly after her.��
“We should,�� Sully agreed, scratching the adolescent red fuzz on his chin.
“Was she your horse, Cass?�� Willie asked, giving the young Irishman a curious stare.
“Hmm?�� Not paying the boy much attention, Cass took a long drag on his cigarette. His slanted green eyes followed the mare’s nervous movements attentively.
“Well, Molly?�� Willie blinked with impatience. “Was she?��
Cass gave him a baffled look, as if he didn’t understand the question. Then, a wide grin blazed across his angular face while smoke came drifting out of his mouth.
“Yeah, she was,�� he nodded, smirking, and exchanged a brief, meaningful look with Sully. “Had fire and was classy, too, like this one.��
Sully hooted with laughter, and Cass joined in.
“What happened to her?�� Something was funny, but Willie didn’t grasp what it was.
Cass took another puff, then smirked again. “Well, I kinda had to get rid of her, kid. A filly like that can take ya to an early grave, y’know. She wears ya out so utterly you’re barely able to walk afterwards.”
― Melanie Nova, The Avant-gardiste: Into the West

“What's all the row over at Ben's?" [Mrs. Ide] inquired, placidly, from her comfortable chair.

"Rustlers, cattle, foremen, sheriffs, and Heaven only knows what," replied Hettie, distractedly.”
― Zane Grey, Nevada

“True love is a choice, even when it doesn’t come easily. It’s not selfish. It’s about giving to the one I love, even when I don’t feel like it.”
― Alena Mentink, A Choice of Love: A Christian Historical Novel With Cowboy Hero and Found Family

“Sometimes the better part of wisdom was knowing when to stay and fight, and when to make a run for it instead.”
― Alena Mentink, A Choice of Love: A Christian Historical Novel With Cowboy Hero and Found Family

“What looks to Westerners like Asian deference, in other words, is actually a deeply felt concern for the sensibilities of others. As the psychologist Harris Bond observes, “It is only those from an explicit tradition who would label [the Asian] mode of discourse ‘selfeffacement.�� Within this indirect tradition it might be labeled ‘relationship honouring.�� �� And relationship honoring leads to social dynamics that can seem remarkable from a Western perspective. It’s because of relationship honoring, for example, that social anxiety disorder in Japan, known as taijin kyofusho, takes the form not of excessive worry about embarrassing oneself, as it does in the United States, but of embarrassing others.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“They are hiding the truth of what do they do behind closed doors. All their crime and bad actions are not reported but are put under carpet to protect their image, but they broadcast and write lies about us on what we do and hope that it is the truth. News media is no longer fair and accurate. It never reports on what happened. It is now Propaganda machine with all made up stories. They have bad motive and agenda in their reporting. People with bad intensions who want to control the narrative . Selling lies . Victims are made villains . Villains are made victims. Their offer goes to the highest bidder.”
― De philosopher DJ Kyos

“The Placidus system will tell you WHAT will happen, but can never tell you WHERE it will happen. This is the difference that makes the Whole Sign system more detailed.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“My woman is worth the world to me,�� Boone replied. He hadn’t moved or lowered the weapon. “My brother, there, means plenty too. The last time you came around, I was flat on my back, near death, but I’m alive and well.”
― Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy, The Legacy of Boone Wilson

“no, the judgement of the law doesn’t weigh our actions in the end, in the end it’s a force you don’t understand. hellfire and eternal torment lie at all our doors. man can try and wash the stains of blood from his clothes, but they’ll never wash from his conscience, and they’ll shine red as the dawn before the gates of judgement.”
― Samuel Kinsella, The Exodus

“Now the world is materialistic; people follow materially successful people as their ideal. Because of this tendency, Western thoughts and ways of life have influenced our people. Our knowledge is tested on their parameters and discarded like rubbish. People are neglecting our medical knowledge and medicines. We can understand how much loss humankind is suffering from this negligence.”
― Ravi Ranjan Goswami, A New Concern

“Nous illustrons la soif de liberté, l'individualisme, la bougeotte et nous nous retrouvons aujourd'hui comme ces porteurs d'une industrie associé aux hamburgers, blue-jeans et Marlboro. D'un côté, il y a les éleveurs, les cow-boys professionnels, les Indiens, les bergers, qui luttent pour préserver leur mode de vie. De l'autre, les ranches pour 'dudes' et les magasins d'articles western pour touristes, qui prospèrent sur une image qu'ils contribuent à détruire. Nous faisons nos courses au Walmart du coin, le touriste ira compléter son déguisement de parfait cow-boy dans les magasins chic du centre-ville. Le tourisme ne peut pas sauver les cultures en voie de disparition. Au contraire, il les stérilise et les expédie dans les archives folkloriques.”
― Pascal Wick, Journal d'un berger nomade

“99% of the world's human rights violations are manufactured by the west.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“You can't lock me up," the man protested. "I ain't broke no law in this town."
"That's all right," Glencannon answered him. "I ain't a lawman in this town.”
― Lee Hoffman, Return To Broken Crossing

“Tsuyahime rice from Yamagata-extra-big portion of that. Pork miso soup on the side. Plenty of root vegetables in there too, even if they're not all fancy Kyoto specialties. Now, the large platter is a fusion of Japanese and Western cuisine. That there is deep-fried hamo eel with sour plum pulp and perilla leaf. The Manganji peppers are deep-fried too. Try those with my homemade Worcestershire sauce. The small bowl is miso-simmered mackerel with a shredded myoga ginger dressing. The roast beef is Kyoto stock- best enjoyed with a drizzle of the wasabi-infused soy sauce and wrapped in a sheet of toasted nori. As for the teriyaki-style duck meatballs, you can dip those in the accompanying quail egg yolk. Chilled tofu garnished with the minced skin of the hamo eel and, finally, deep-fried Kamo eggplant with a starchy curry sauce. Enjoy!”
― Hisashi Kashiwai, The Restaurant of Lost Recipes

“The best way you can get what you want in life is by helping others get what they want in life...”
― Harley Bloom

“Space Boot Hill: The Urbane Frontier by Stewart Stafford

Red hot, white hot, then what?
Nostril fleas dancing at dawn,
Creating Frankenstein rivals,
Great Whites slumming as prawn.

Melon farmers of the world unite!
We like them big, ripe and juicy,
See all the Vegans next Tuesday:
Barbara, Doris, Amy and Lucy.

And so we dodge the cosmic bullets,
Of an Atraxis gunslinger, non-ritual dead,
Playing possum, we slip away,
Chiming life's aria, eternally spread.

© 2024, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.”
― Stewart Stafford

“Home. The word touched a chord in Matt's heart. He hadn't attached that word to any particular place in over ten years, but now he yearned to have something solid to tie himself to. To cling to even in life's fiercest storms, like now.”
― Alena Mentink, A Choice of Love: A Christian Historical Novel With Cowboy Hero and Found Family

“So, you love the west," Tucker said.
"Sure do."
"Then it's a stupid love you got."
"How you figure?" I asked.
"'Cause the west don't love you back, son," Tucker said. "You're just whacking off in the sand. Sure, it feels all right, but you'll end up with nothing to show for it and just having to do it again. Plus, it ties up a perfectly good hand that you might be using for somethin' else.”
― Percival Everett, God's Country

“Someday you will find yourself laughing at a joke when you thought you would never be happy again. You will find yourself smiling and admiring the beauty of the mountains, when the world once felt so cruel and unforgiving. And maybe when trotting on the back of a horse, you will hear your heart beating, I'm still here. I'm still here.”
― Emily Swisher, STABLE: A Therapist and the Healing Nature of Horses

“In Montana summers, anything feels possible. Grassy green pastures stretch for miles with the yellow field of canola flowering in late June, contrasting the deep blue skies. Billowing gold castles of clouds tower overhead, subsiding late into the late before the shower of stars began to emerge. Spotted fawns nurse from their mothers while flights of hummingbirds dive and skitter thought the aspen groves in search of nectar. The summers, a rich bounty after having lasted the many months of winter, are magical but brief.”
― Emily Swisher, STABLE: A Therapist and the Healing Nature of Horses