Great literary quote

There had been a time when night in the high altitude of these Utah uplands had been satisfying to Venters, but that was before the oppression of enemies had made the change in his mind. As a rider guarding the herd he had never thought of the night's wildness and loneliness; as an outcast now, when the full silence set in and the deep darkness, and the trains of radiant stars shone cold and calm, he lay with an ache in his heart.