he who ceases to learn is already a half-dead man. And do not be like an oyster who rests on the sea bottom waiting for the good things to come by. S… - Louis L'Amour

he who ceases to learn is already a half-dead man.

I’ve written all these stories without any pornography, without any obscenity. I grew up among sailors and miners and lumberjacks and the roughest kind men in the world, but I never found it necessary to use all that in the stories. I can make them real without that. I think much of that kind of writing is a coverup for lack of real skill.

for the bringer of meat is welcome at any fire.

Nobody should ever try to second-guess history; the facts are fantastic enough.