Donald Montano > Quotes

“The war is over. Black people got rights now, just like us white folk. Besides…” he tapped his chest. “It’s what in here that counts.”
― Donald Montano, Drink Deep from the Well of Good Intentions

“I can accept a compliment, but not from you. You scare me, Mister Sampson. You’re a stranger here on our land and we shouldn’t even concern ourselves with you. But you killed three gunmen and ignited a war.”
― Donald Montano, Drink Deep from the Well of Good Intentions

“Calder has stepped over the line too many times. He gets no more chances to go against man and God.”
― Donald Montano, Drink Deep from the Well of Good Intentions

“That man, John Sampson, says he loves me, Max. There is no reason to fight any more. Or to hate. -I showed him I love him back. I haven’t told him yet, but I will. With all my heart.”
― Donald Montano, Drink Deep from the Well of Good Intentions

“Ernie bragged he could shoot the eyes out of a mosquito, you said. Today I mean to make him prove it.”
― Donald Montano, Drink Deep from the Well of Good Intentions

“They’re after us, Mister Johnny, and it don’t matter if we try to stay out of their way, or we don’t. They ain’t never going to leave us alone. You kill three of them and they try to kill you. You kill three more of them and they kill one of us. When will it end?”
― Donald Montano, Drink Deep from the Well of Good Intentions

“That kiss up on the mountain sealed our fate, John. When I was wearing Strode’s jacket and Handley’s pants and not much else. From that moment on, we were doomed.”
― Donald Montano, Drink Deep from the Well of Good Intentions

“Who stomped on you? You don’t look like the type to take a beating lightly.”
― Donald Montano, Drink Deep From the Well of Good Intentions

“It’s always a game, isn’t it, Rand? That’s who we are. Two improbable people playing a game. But I already told you, -not tonight.”
― Donald Montano, Drink Deep from the Well of Good Intentions

“I remember that night as clearly as you do. I was fearful if you tried to take it further. -And yet, there was something inside me, some small hope, -that you would.”
― Donald Montano, Drink Deep from the Well of Good Intentions

“He was a boy in love with another man’s woman and took on a job bigger than he was.”
― Donald Montano, Drink Deep from the Well of Good Intentions