Zane Grey Quotes

Zane Grey delivers bold, adventurous words about nature and loss that pull you into rugged tales.

14 quotes

1. We'll use a signal I have tried and found far-reaching and easy to yell. Waa-hoo!

2. It was the elision of the weaker element--the survival of the fittest; and some, indeed very many, mothers must lose their sons that way.

3. Never insult seven men when all your packing is a six-shooter.

4. I arise full of eagerness and energy, knowing well what achievement lies ahead of me.

5. What makes life worth living? Better surely, to yield to the stain of suicide blood in me and seek forgetfulness in the embrace of cold dark death.

6. Fishermen, no matter what supreme good fortune befalls them, cannot ever be absolutely satisfied. It is a fundamental weakness of intellect.

7. I am full of fire and passion. I am not ready yet for great concentration and passion.

8. Fishing is a condition of mind wherein you cannot possibly have a bad time.

9. Realism is death to me. I cannot stand life as it is.

10. Before exulatation had vanished, I felt as if I had been granted a marvellous privilege. Out of the inscrutable waters a beautiful fish had somehow leaped to show me fleetingly the life and spirit of his element.

11. Jealously was an unjust and stifling thing.

12. I confess that reading proofs is a pleasure. It stimulates and inspires me.

13. It was a decent New Year's, but it took a million officers to make it so.

14. There are hours when I must force the novel out of my mind and be interested in the children.