The Searchers Quotes

“There is a great independence, and a confident immunity to risk, in all drinks made out of cactus.”
― Alan LeMay, The Searchers

“All men grew old unless violence overtook them first; the plains offered no third way out of the predicament a man found himself in, simply by the fact of his existence on the face of the earth.”
― Alan LeMay, The Searchers

“In poker, in war,” Amos said, “what you want is a simple, stupid plan. Reason you hear about the old flimflams so much is they always work. Never try no deep, tricky plan. The other feller can’t foller it; it throws him back on his common sense—which is the last thing you want.”
― Alan LeMay, The Searchers

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― Alan LeMay, The Searchers

“He made a labored calculation, and decided Laurie was twenty-one. That explained why she seemed so lighted up; probably looked the best she ever would in her life. She was at an age when most girls light up, if they’re going to; Mexicans and Indians earlier. A look at their mothers, or their older sisters, reminded you of what you knew for certain. All that bright glow would soon go out again. But you couldn’t ever make yourself believe it.”
― Alan LeMay, The Searchers