17 Quotes by Poe Ballantine

Western Nebraska is the only place in all my travels where I have seen the dust blowing and the rain falling at the same time.

Chadron had a water tower, grain elevators, a tanning salon, a video rental store, a small liberal arts college, a Hardee's, a stoplight, and a curling yellow sign in the pet store window that read, 'Hamsters and Tarantulas Featured Today.'

I have learned that I am not built for conflict or controversy. I have also learned that, in all my life, I have never chosen a story. The story has always chosen me.

One evening, after my wife and son had gone out for a walk, I decided to have a talk with my neighbor, who I believe was murdered. I had gotten to know and admire him by listening to people talk about him. He seemed a wonderful person with much to give.

Short chaps evolved naturally, but I didn't title and number them till much later. I like short chaps, like short books too, as a rule.

Amazon is evil, like anything big, but we can't help if it flows the very center of literature.

A bilingual marriage, by the way, is a great way to stay together for longer than you normally would because you can't understand each other very well.

The errors of the policeman were no greater or careless or more egregious than mine. It’s just that my mistakes had comparatively little consequence.