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:

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.

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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.

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

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Love grows more tremendously full, swift, poignant, as the years multiply.

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If I fished only to capture fish, my fishing trips would have ended long ago.

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What is writing but an expression of my own life?

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Don't look back!

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I hate birthdays.

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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.

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Men may rise on stepping stones of their dead selves to higher things.

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I will see this game of life out to its bitter end.

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I must go deeper and even stronger into my treasure mine and stint nothing of time, toil, or torture.

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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.

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

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Today I began the novel that I determined to be great.

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Work is my salvation. It changes my moods.

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The Indian story has never been written. Maybe I am the man to do it.

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The difficulty, the ordeal, is to start.

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

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

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I love my work but do not know how I write it.

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Every once in a while I feel the tremendous force of the novel. But it does not stay with me.

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