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“All America lies at the end of the wilderness road, and our past is not a dead past, but still lives in us. Our forefathers had civilization inside themselves, the wild outside. We live in the civilization they created, but within us the wilderness still lingers. What they dreamed, we live, and what they lived, we dream. —T. K. Whipple, Study Out the Land”
― Lonesome Dove
― Lonesome Dove
“It's a fine world, though rich in hardships at times.”
― Lonesome Dove
― Lonesome Dove
“Live through it," Call said. "That's all we can do.”
― Lonesome Dove
― Lonesome Dove
“I see you’re in a hurry to get someplace. It’s a great mistake to hurry.” “Why?” Joe asked, puzzled by almost everything the traveler said. “Because the grave’s our destination,” Mr. Sedgwick said. “Those who hurry usually get to it quicker than those who take their time.”
― Lonesome Dove
― Lonesome Dove
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