Louis L'Amour

No memory is ever alone; it's at the end of a trail of memories, a dozen trails that each have their own associations.

To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.

Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content.

A great book begins with an idea; a great life, with a determination.

I don't travel and tell stories, because that's not the way these days. But I write my books to be read aloud, and I think of myself in that oral tradition.

To disbelieve is easy; to scoff is simple; to have faith is harder.

Knowledge is like money: to be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value.

No one can get an education, for of necessity education is a continuing process.

The idea of education has been so tied to schools, universities, and professors that many assume there is no other way, but education is available to anyone within reach of a library, a post office, or even a newsstand.

I think it's time that we have a women's show about the West. The concentration has been on the men and the Indians.

Often I hear people say they do not have time to read. That's absolute nonsense. In the one year during which I kept that kind of record, I read twenty-five books while waiting for people. In offices, applying for jobs, waiting to see a dentist, waiting in a restaurant for friends, many such places.

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. Yet that will be the beginning.