Sometimes, I love reading the weekend paper. This is from an article by Lance Richardson in the travel section of SMH. The article is about visiting a working ranch in Montana:

Later, recognising my struggle to fully command the horse, a fellow rider pulls up beside me and says in that vague way of the cowboy: “There is a void between a man and a horse. That void will be filled, either by the man or by the horse. Do you understand what I’m saying to you?”