"Nobody likes to go back to his home town dead broke, but I'd made up my mind to do it anyway."
Chap. 1, In a Bad Way, p. 11

"Ted was my friend right from that minute, and if it hadn't been for him I don't think I'd have made it."
Chap. 2, Land Rolling!, p. 35

"It was because of my telling Ted I'd be at the Littleton roundup that I was lying flat in the ditch in the St. Joseph freight yards the night before the Fourth."
Chap. 4, Horse Falls, p. 59

"As I walked down the carpeted hall I felt about as much out of place as a catfish in a goldfish bowl."
Chap. 5, Friendly Phoenix, p. 71

"Even though I knew that Lonnie was sort of a lazy bum, I wished he'd show up again."
Chap. 6, Outfitting, p. 76

"In the four days it took us to put that engine back...