Del Pratt > Quotes

“I knew he was trying to keep me from getting too nervous, but this was my first shooting scrape. My heart was slowing down, and the excitement was wearing off. To keep my mind occupied, I started thinking back to how we had ended up in a shallow water run with lead flying over our heads in the first place.”
― Del Pratt, The Long Ride

“Now, some folks will tell you the prairies are flat. And farther south of us, they might be. But the country we were going through was slightly rolling, and there were lots of dips and draws that would hide an ambush. We had to be cautious.”
― Del Pratt, The Long Ride

“Gonna be a long trail gettin’ Judith back. Huntin’ men ain’t like huntin’ deer. Deer don’t try to kill you. You’ll be learning more things faster in the next few days than you’ve ever learned before. Always pay attention to everything around you. Once we hit that trail, there will never be a time that we can let our guard down.”
― Del Pratt, The Long Ride