David Hull

“In this materialistic age, this hard, practical, swift, greedy age of realism, it seems there is no place for writers of romance, no place for romance itself. For many years all the events leading up to the great war were realistic, and the war itself was horribly realistic, and the aftermath is likewise. Romance is only another name for idealism; and I contend that life without ideals is not worth living. Never in the history of the world were ideals needed so terribly as now. Walter Scott wrote romance; so did Victor Hugo; and likewise Kipling, Hawthorne, Stevenson. It was Stevenson, particularly, who wielded a bludgeon against the realists. People live for the dream in their hearts. And I have yet to know anyone who has not some secret dream, some hope, however dim, some storied wall to look at in the dusk, some painted window leading to the soul.”
― Zane Grey, Zane Grey: The Ultimate Collection - 49 Works - Classic Westerns and Much More

“He began moving again, and I spoke after him under my breath in a voice he couldn’t have possibly heard. “I wish I had as much faith in me as you do in me.” But nonetheless, did. “So do I.”
― Craig Johnson, Hell and Back

“Most decent people could not fully see, or believe, the size of the monster.”
― Louise Penny, The Grey Wolf

“The hunter had lived much with dogs and had come to learn that the longer he lived with them the more there was to marvel at and love.”
― Zane Grey, Zane Grey: The Ultimate Collection - 49 Works - Classic Westerns and Much More