“You might jest as well go an' shoot yourse'f before startin'. That'll save your hoss the long ride.”
—Max Brand, The Untamed
Spoken to a cowboy about to ride off on a fool’s errand.
I like words, and more, words that are used well. This is where I collect them. Most I come across in the works of other authors, but on occasion I find some in the wild myself.
“You might jest as well go an' shoot yourse'f before startin'. That'll save your hoss the long ride.”
—Max Brand, The Untamed
Spoken to a cowboy about to ride off on a fool’s errand.