"Joaquin Jackson's frank and colorful account of his long career as a modern-day Texas Ranger thrills like an action novel, yet the stories are true, sometimes funny, sometimes tragic, but always gripping. I could hardly put the book down. . . .The writing is superb."

-- Elmer Kelton

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“What I often say to people who are quick to say Iâ€™m not a feminist is if you think youâ€™re not a feminist, give it all back.”
“I've never met a very memorable cobbler.”

Source : "Assorted Fictions". Book by Carson Cistulli, 2006.
“a mother's death also means the loss of the consistent, supportive family system that once supplied her with a secure home base, she then has to develop her self-confidence and self-esteem through alternate means. Without a mother or mother-figure to guide her, a daughter also has to piece together a female self-image of her own.”

Source : Hope Edelman (1994). “Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss”, Delta
“If you run, you are a runner. It doesn't matter how fast or how far. It doesn't matter if today is your first day or if you've been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run.”

Source : John Bingham (1999). “The Courage To Start: A Guide To Running for Your Life”, p.14, Simon and Schuster
“There was a golden period that I look back upon with great regret, in which the cheapest of experimental animals were medical students. Graduate students were even better. In the old days, if you offered a graduate student a thiamine-deficient diet, he gladly went on it, for that was the only way he could eat. Science is getting to be more and more difficult.”
“I promise you that there are a lot of people involved in various kinds of retail activities who think they have a crucial role in the economy, and they're right.”
“The old brown hen and the old blue sky, Between the two we live and die The broken cartwheel on the hill.”
“You cannot change what you refuse to confront.”

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