Larry D. Sweazy > Quotes

“Well, I've never met an indexer any more than I've met a real writer. I'm impressed." Miss Finch's tone had changed, and she was suddenly leaning toward me, almost half over the counter. "Tell me, do you make any real money at this job, writing indexes for books?”
― Larry D. Sweazy

“He hung his head in a familiar arch downward.”
― Larry D. Sweazy, The Broken Bow

“He was in no mood to die.”
― Larry D. Sweazy, The Broken Bow

“Josiah slid off the saddle, and chambered a cartridge in his Peacemaker.”
― Larry D. Sweazy, The Gila Wars

“He focused his eyes and ears, watching and listening for anything that moved. All he heard was the wind pushing around him, angry that he was in the way. Finally,”
― Larry D. Sweazy, The Broken Bow

“Diós lo bendiga su alma. God rest his soul.”
― Larry D. Sweazy, The Cougar's Prey

“The shot echoed outward, bouncing off the flat, frozen ground with nothing to stop it. The blast went on and on like it would never end; thunder looking for a storm to join and celebrate.”
― Larry D. Sweazy, The Broken Bow

“He’d watched Vance Calhoun twitch and gag like a moth caught between two fingers until the life finally went out of him. Pissed his pants, too, in front of God and the whole town. Nope. That was no way to die.”
― Larry D. Sweazy, The Broken Bow

“Tener cuidado. Be wary.”
― Larry D. Sweazy, The Cougar's Prey

“If she were a horse, there would have been no mistaking her for a thoroughbred.”
― Larry D. Sweazy, The Broken Bow

“The ferocity of the wind and snow did not die down. Just the opposite. In a matter of minutes, the world around Trusty turned whiter and deadlier than he had ever seen it. His eyes hurt from the brightness that reached deep inside his skull; it was like the roots and branches that held his eyeballs in place were permanently frozen, threatening to snap at any second.”
― Larry D. Sweazy, The Broken Bow

“A woman can change the course of a river or history with the right kind of a smile.”
― Larry D. Sweazy, The Broken Bow