Louis L'Amour
Louis L'Amour
Louis Dearborn L'Amourwas an American novelist and short story writer. His books consisted primarily of Western novels; however, he also wrote historical fiction, science fiction, non-fiction, as well as poetry and short-story collections. Many of his stories were made into film. L'Amour's books remain popular and most have gone through multiple printings. At the time of his death almost all of his 105 existing workswere still in print, and he was considered "one of the world's most popular writers"...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth22 March 1908
CityJamestown, ND
Caution always, but when a man acts he should act suddenly and with decision.
Any man can shoot a gun, and with practice he can draw fast and shoot accurately, but that makes no difference. What counts is how you stand up when somebody is shooting back at you.
A man who says he has never been scared is either lying or else he's never been any place or done anything.
...Proximity to a noose danger and death ... can make man or woman appreciate things.
Carryin' a gun is a chancy thing. Sooner or later a man is put in a position to use it. And a body has to figure that if somebody packs iron he plans to use it when the time comes; and if he draws it out, he plans to shoot.
A mountain man tries to live with the country instead of against it.
Being scared can keep a man from getting killed, and often makes a better fighter out of him.
I think of myself in the oral tradition-as a troubadour, a village tale-teller, the man in the shadows of the campfire. That's the way I'd like to be remembered- as a storyteller. A good storyteller.
Trade is much superior to piracy. You can rob and kill a man but once, but you can cheat him again and again.
I wonder why it is the man who pleads for mercy never gives it.
A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do
For a man with an education the world is a wide place and the opportunities are many
Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before - it takes something from him.
After a few days, I mused, I would have no trouble. Whoever heard of a revolution of fat men?