Morrison added: “I always wanted to write, but I always figured it’d be no good unless somehow the hand just took the pen and started moving without me really having anything to do with it. Like, automatic writing. But it just never happened. I wrote a few poems, of course.” In this short poem about horses, Lindsay writes from the perspective of a horse longing for freedom. He discusses the setting, the hay that’s been “Heaped up for me to eat” and contrasts moments of peace with those of pain. The men beat the horse until he is “sore” and he determines that one day he’s going to “break the halter-rope / And smash the stable-door” and escape. He will run free and see the hills of corn and the rises sun as he never could before. Buelens, Gert, and Ernst Rudin, editors, Deferring a Dream: Literary Sub-Versions of the American Columbiad, Birkhauser (Boston, MA), 1994.

Coltelli, Laura, editor, The Spiral of Memory: Interviews: Joy Harjo, University of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor, MI), 1996.We all love horses — how could you not? These majestic, powerful, and loving creatures are so much fun to ride around nature on or just admire from afar. For thousands of years, humans have had a connection to horses both as transportation and, more recently, as long-time companions. We kept him until he died… and sat with him during the long last minutes when a horse comes closest to seeming human.” – ​ C.J. Mullen

It makes sense, then, that some of these horse owners would translate their love for horses into a beautiful quote that thousands have read. Below are 101 of our favorite horse quotes, containing a healthy mixture of silly, serious, and sweet quotes from prominent figures or anonymous writers. The love for a horse is just as complicated as the love for another human being… if you never love a horse, you will never understand.” – UnknownWe think of a horse less as the history of one man and his sorrows than as the history of a whole evil time. A horse doesn’t care how much you know until he knows how much you care. Put your hand on your horse and your heart in your hand.” – Pat Parelli