Mari Sandoz quotes
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“The hills of one’s youth are all mountains”
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“Indians still consider the whites a brutal people who treat their children like enemies - playthings, too, coddling them like pampered pets or fragile toys, but underneath always like enemies, enemies that must be restrained, bribed, spied upon, and punished. They believe that children so treated will grow up as dependent and immature as pets and toys, and as angry and dangerous as enemies within the family circle, to be appeased and fought.”
-- Mari SandozSource : Mari Sandoz (1959). “Hostiles and Friendlies: Selected Short Writings of Mari Sandoz”, p.32, U of Nebraska Press
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“There's no discounting the antagonism the average woman feels for the eldest daughter. The infuriating thing is that most mothers blame the daughters for their hatred when it's just what makes the mother pig eat her first batch of young. Of course one can't tell them that.”
-- Mari SandozSource : Mari Sandoz (1992). “Letters of Mari Sandoz”, p.67, U of Nebraska Press
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“writers don't like to write letters. Too much like work.”
-- Mari SandozSource : Mari Sandoz (1992). “Letters of Mari Sandoz”, p.136, U of Nebraska Press
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“The hills of one’s youth are all mountains”
-- Mari SandozSource : Mari Sandoz (1986). “The Story Catcher”, p.157, U of Nebraska Press
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“The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.”
Source : Al Neuharth (1992). “Confessions of an S.O.B.”, Signet
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“To see the greatness of a mountain, one must keep one's distance.”
Source : Anagarika Brahmacari Govinda (1991). “Insights of a Himalayan pilgrim”, Dharma Pub
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“the most charming thing about youth is the tenacity of its impressions.”
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Source : Alfred Noyes (2008). “The Flower of Old Japan”, p.81, Wildside Press LLC
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“God, give me hills to climb, And strength for climbing!”
Source : Arthur Guiterman (1918). “The Mirthful Lyre”
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