J. Lee Butts > Quotes

“Hayden, the horses are tired.”
― J. Lee Butts, Lawdog: The Life and Times of Hayden Tilden

“These folks ain’t the same as you knew ’em. They’s a mob now.” In”
― J. Lee Butts, A Bad Day to Die: The Adventures of Lucius “By God” Dodge, Texas Ranger

“Mr. Hickerson said he thought it best if I stayed here”
― J. Lee Butts, A Bad Day to Die: The Adventures of Lucius “By God” Dodge, Texas Ranger

“My God, but he is an ugly son of a bitch and coming fast.”
― J. Lee Butts, A Bad Day to Die: The Adventures of Lucius “By God” Dodge, Texas Ranger

“perdition I’ve ever been or ever want to see. Keep ’em loaded, and”
― J. Lee Butts, Lawdog: The Life and Times of Hayden Tilden

“You know, Mr. Dodge, as you go along in this life you gonna find dat they’s night riders, and then they’s mobs. Them night-ridin’ bastards is dangerous. Most times they cover their faces and do they evil from behind the safety of a mask. Secrecy makes them right audacious, sometimes. But a mob has a face.”
― J. Lee Butts, A Bad Day to Die: The Adventures of Lucius “By God” Dodge, Texas Ranger

“Dropped him like a hammered steer in a Chicago slaughterhouse. Boz”
― J. Lee Butts, A Bad Day to Die: The Adventures of Lucius “By God” Dodge, Texas Ranger

“Near as I can figure, living has always been the primary cause of dying, and the sooner we all accept that simple truth, the better off we’ll be.” Well,”
― J. Lee Butts, Hell in the Nations: The Further Adventures of Hayden Tilden