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A good man is like a good horse. Now a good working horse is a big, strong animal, isn’t he? He could knock you down, stomp on you, grind you into the ground–kill you if he wanted. But, you see, he doesn’t. Not because he doesn’t know how…but because he knows how to keep himself in check. He doesn’t want to hurt you, even though he could, because he trusts you. He respects you.
But you give him a reason to dislike you, and he’ll fight you tooth and nail. A man is a tough fighter–with tempered strength.
“Any fool can learn how to fire a gun, Miss Warrendale. Pulling the trigger is a dangerously simple thing to do, and even a child will kill. The difference is the one who can kill—maybe even easily—but knows when to walk away, and when to fight. A man who knows how to keep that mean side of him—that dangerous side—under control until the moment it’s needed.
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