“JOSH DEETS SERVED WITH ME 30 YEARS. FOUGHT IN 21 ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE COMMANCHE AND KIOWA. CHERFUL IN ALL WEATHERS, NEVER SHERKED A TASK. SPLENDID BEHAVIOUR.”
― Lonesome Dove
― Lonesome Dove
“I should have married again,” Augustus said. “Two wives ain’t very many. Solomon beat me by several hundred, although I’ve got the same equipment he had. I could have managed eight or ten at least. I don’t know why I stuck with this scraggly old crew.”
― Lonesome Dove
― Lonesome Dove
“Call had begun to think of Gus, and the promise he has made. It would soon be spring, and he would have to be going if he were to keep the promise, which of course he must.”
― Lonesome Dove
― Lonesome Dove
“Roscoe was appalled, for the clothes that were being destroyed were the only ones he owned. Then he remembered that he was going to be killed anyway and felt a little better.”
― Lonesome Dove
― Lonesome Dove
“If a man meant to hold his own with Call it was necessary to keep in mind that Call wasn't as big as he seemed. Augustus was the one man in south Texas who could usually keep him in scale, and he built on his advantage whenever he could. He started many a day by pitching Call a hot biscuit and remarking point-blank, "You know, Call, you ain't really no giant.”
― Lonesome Dove
― Lonesome Dove
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