Zane Grey quotes

Zane Grey was an American author renowned for his popular adventure novels and stories set in the American West. His works played a crucial role in shaping the genre of Western fiction and inspired countless adaptations in film and television. He became one of the most widely read authors of his time and left a lasting legacy in American literature. Here are 35 of his quotes:

I need this wild life, this freedom. (Zane Grey)
Recipe for greatness To bear up under loss, to fight the bitterness of defeat and the weakness of grief, to be victor over anger, to smile when tears are close, to resist evil men and base instincts, to hate hate and to love love, to go on when it would seem good to die, to seek ever after the glory and the dream, to look up with unquenchable faith in something evermore about to be, that is what any man can do, and so be great. View quote
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Love of man for woman - love of woman for man. That's the nature, the meaning, the best of life itself. View quote
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I arise full of eagerness and energy, knowing well what achievement lies ahead of me. View quote
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Love grows more tremendously full, swift, poignant, as the years multiply. View quote
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If I fished only to capture fish, my fishing trips would have ended long ago. View quote
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What is writing but an expression of my own life? View quote
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Don't look back! View quote
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I hate birthdays. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (Zane Grey)
Men may rise on stepping stones of their dead selves to higher things. View quote
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I will see this game of life out to its bitter end. View quote
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I must go deeper and even stronger into my treasure mine and stint nothing of time, toil, or torture. View quote
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These critics who crucify me do not guess the littlest part of my sincerity. They must be burned in a blaze. I cannot learn from them. View quote
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It was a decent New Year's, but it took a million officers to make it so. View quote
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Today I began the novel that I determined to be great. View quote
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Work is my salvation. It changes my moods. View quote
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The Indian story has never been written. Maybe I am the man to do it. View quote
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The difficulty, the ordeal, is to start. View quote
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I did not have one bad spell during writing - an unprecedented record. (Zane Grey)
I confess that reading proofs is a pleasure. It stimulates and inspires me. View quote
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I am full of fire and passion. I am not ready yet for great concentration and passion. View quote
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I love my work but do not know how I write it. View quote
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Every once in a while I feel the tremendous force of the novel. But it does not stay with me. View quote
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