Erin Bowman

Sooner or later we're all gone, so no one bothers getting attached.

Truth is, if someone doesn't see you before sex, they definitely don't see you any more after.

Hell, I'll be safest pretending I'm a boy the rest of my life. The frontier ain't for the faint of heart, and it certainly ain't kind to women. Sometimes I think the whole world's 'gainst us.

Life don't care 'bout sorry's," Will says. "Bad things happen, and you can't let 'em harden you. Whatever happened to yer pa, it ain't yer fault, Nate, and you gotta let it go.

A strong drink can numb the soul as good as any prayer

He sips his drink and it leaves his handlebar mustache dripping like a cattle dog come outta a river.

Secrets are like bullets. Ditto the dark, personal stuff. Folks say they'll take'em off yer hands, share the burden, but really they just load 'em into their own weapons so they can use 'em against you later.

When I were first learning to shoot a rifle, Pa told me that nearly every battle people face is in their heads. If you think you can't do something, you won't. If you believe you can, it's only a matter of time before you will.

It shows damn near everything. I's been hiding my breasts for so long, I half forgot I had 'em.

Sure, sometimes you gotta let things go, but other times you can't till you set things right. And I know darn well it ain't worth arguing with a preacher. The only truths they believe are their own words.

I'm trying to say that I think doing what you feel can't always be easy, but at least you're being true to yourself.

It is funny how the things we hate are the things we miss most when they are gone