Conagher Quotes

“To be a man was to be responsible. It was as simple as that. To be a man was to build something, to try to make the world about him a bit easier to live in for himself and those who followed.
You could sneer at that, you could scoff, you could refuse to acknowledge it, but when it came right down to it, Conn decided it was the man who planted a tree, dug a well, or graded a road who mattered.”
― Louis L'Amour, Conagher

“I hit him," he said again. "I hit him with everything I had. What sort of man is he?
"He's Conagher," McCloud said, "and that's enough.”
― Louis L'Amour, Conagher

“Outside Conger fumbled in his pocket. He pulled out a small handful of shabby notes. "You...you wrote these, didn't you? I remember out there that night you said something about the wind in the grass, and-"
"I was lonely. I had to talk...to write to someone, and there was no one."
"There was. There was me.”
― Louis L'Amour, Conagher

“He knew how she felt. Sometimes a body just had to have somebody to talk to. You saw something and you wanted to turn and say, Isn’t that beautiful? And there was nobody there.”
― Louis L'Amour, Conagher

“was lonely. I had to talk…to write to somebody, and there was no one.” “There was. There was me.”
― Louis L'Amour, Conagher

“you,” Wildy said,”
― Louis L'Amour, Conagher