Duane Boehm > Quotes

“That’s just it. This is like a fairy tale and I have no place in it. If I were Raymond, I wouldn’t want my daughter to marry the likes of me either. Look where I came from. Why Lucy ever had a thing to do with me is beyond my comprehension.” “Teddy, there are times where I would just love to knock a turd right out of you. It doesn’t matter where you started – it’s where you are at today.”
― Duane Boehm, Old Enough To Know Better

“Author”
― Duane Boehm, Hand Of Fate

“coming”
― Duane Boehm, The Hunted

“get set in their ways”
― Duane Boehm, Wayward Brother

“Sheriff Gideon Johann of Last Stand, Colorado and his part–time deputy, Zack Barlow, were finishing a breakfast of salt pork and hardtack after their first night on the trail. They were traveling west towards Silverton after Gideon had received a telegram from that town’s sheriff requesting help with a gang of outlaws headed towards Last Stand. The thieves had robbed the mine’s pay wagon, killing two men in the process. The”
― Duane Boehm, Last Hope

“family”
― Duane Boehm, Hand Of Fate

“conciliatory.”
― Duane Boehm, Hand Of Fate

“likes of Finnie and me,” Gideon said. “Speak”
― Duane Boehm, Last Hope

“Now quit feeling overwhelmed and think about what you need to do.”
― Duane Boehm, A Gideon Johann Boxed Set Book 5 - 7

“you”
― Duane Boehm, Last Stand

“headfirst”
― Duane Boehm, Lone Justice: A Tale Of The Old West Western

“When I was younger, I was always looking for the perfect woman and never finding her, and now that I’m old, they all look perfect,” he said.”
― Duane Boehm, Last Hope

“retrieve the horses from the stable for”
― Duane Boehm, Last Chance

“the trigger, and with the roar of the gun, she felt the rifle butt slam into her shoulder. Wincing in pain and cursing, she remembered Grayson’s warning to hold the rifle tightly in place. As she watched the pronghorn she’d fired upon, it bounded once and crashed to the ground. The animal got to its feet and took a few tentative steps before collapsing again. “I got it,” Piper said aloud, more in amazement of her accomplishment than in bravado. With the unenviable task of crossing the water, Piper removed her shoes and tied them together. She slung them around her neck and stepped into the foot–deep cold water, letting out a groan as she did so. When she reached the pronghorn, she felt relieved to find it dead. Dragging the animal turned out to be much more difficult than she would have ever imagined it would be. By the time she reached the stream, she was exhausted and sweaty. At that point, Piper got the idea to let the water help her with the task. She began dragging the pronghorn down the middle of the river with much more ease. Trying to stay dry proved useless. The best she could do was to keep the Winchester well above the water. “Maggie, come help,” Piper called out when she reached the camp and emerged from”
― Duane Boehm, The Hunt For Piper Oberg

“Clarence”
― Duane Boehm, Never Too Old

“It’s best not to try to understand the logic of a simpleton.”
― Duane Boehm, Wayward Brother

“wave of his hand to signal for him to leave. Elroy headed for the seedy side of Denver where if one was smart, he made sure to stand with his back to the bar in saloons so foul and smoky as to be an assault on the senses. He had to visit three such establishments before he found the men he felt were up to the task at hand and had a horse for the journey. The thought of taking the group back to the mansion gave Elroy pause. All four of them stunk to high heaven, and Elroy could envision them staining the walls of the office by just their mere presence in the room. Nonetheless, he led the unkempt bunch back to the home and made them wait on the veranda as he went inside the house. Elroy entered the office and found Mr. Oberg sitting at his desk while nursing a”
― Duane Boehm, The Hunt For Piper Oberg

“  Joann gave Zack a kissing before climbing up on”
― Duane Boehm, Last Atonement

“cloud of dust flew into the air when Boone yanked his horse to a stop”
― Duane Boehm, Hand Of The Father

“matter.”
― Duane Boehm, Last Stand

“And she could care less that I don’t want to hear it.”
― Duane Boehm, Hand Of Fate

“when this is over”
― Duane Boehm, Last Atonement

“She had started saying it when he”
― Duane Boehm, Last Chance