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“for this he was exceedingly grateful”
― C.M. Curtis, Lawless Desert

“Chapter”
― C.M. Curtis, West of Vermillion

“Glory and patriotism had been exchanged for mud and blood, and once they annulled each other all that was left was duty. A soldier had his duty to perform and he did it. It might mean hunger and thirst and exhaustion. It might mean pain and deprivation. It might even mean death, but a soldier had his duty and he did it. This was war distilled to its purest essence.”
― C.M. Curtis, Return of the Outlaw

“Anne did as she was told.”
― C.M. Curtis, Return of the Outlaw

“With every gift come challenges. Wealth can be a blessing or a curse, but it is always a test—one that all too many people fail. Poverty can build character while wealth often destroys it.”
― C.M. Curtis, The Three Lives of David Kelly

“arm. Now he took advantage of Webster’s”
― C.M. Curtis, Lawless Desert

“A man ought to get wisdom when he’s young, not when he’s too old for it to matter. We spend a lifetime learning, then we get old, and most of our livin’ is done and it don’t seem like there’s any use for what we’ve learned. It’s like skinnin’ a frog: takes a lot of time and work, but when it’s done what’ve you got? There’s no use for a frog hide.”
― C.M. Curtis, Return of the Outlaw

“There were outlaws too; men too slothful to work and too selfish to care who they harmed or how much human suffering they caused.”
― C.M. Curtis, West of Vermillion

“They would ask for mercy—even expect it—but they would never give it. Evil they were, and evil they would remain until someone hanged them or put a bullet in them.”
― C.M. Curtis, West of Vermillion

“he who jumps to conclusions deserves to be misinformed.”
― C.M. Curtis, The Three Lives of David Kelly

“You want to do as you wish but you want me to take away your accountability, and that is something no one can do.”
― C.M. Curtis, The Three Lives of David Kelly

“pistol.”
― C.M. Curtis, Return of the Outlaw

“A soldier had his duty to perform and he did it. It might mean hunger and thirst and exhaustion.”
― C.M. Curtis, Return of the Outlaw

“as”
― C.M. Curtis, West of Vermillion

“they had faced Hatcherson and”
― C.M. Curtis, Return of the Outlaw