Jim Fergus quotes

“...how odd to think of one's life not as chapters in a book but as complete volumes, separate and distinct.”
-- Jim Fergus

Source : Jim Fergus (2010). “One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd”, p.84, Macmillan

#Book Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Odd Quotes

“Don't you know that I laugh because it is my last defense against tears?”
-- Jim Fergus

Source : Jim Fergus (2010). “One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd”, p.74, Macmillan

#Laughing Quotes #Tears Quotes #Defense Quotes

“that's exactly the good thing about the Injun life--you don't have to stop and think about whether or not you're 'happy'--which in my opinionis a highly overrated human condition invented by white folks”
-- Jim Fergus

Source : Jim Fergus (2010). “One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd”, p.162, Macmillan

#Thinking Quotes #Reflection Quotes #White Quotes

“Your power as a woman, as a mother, is your medicine, and it saved you. Take your courage in that.”
-- Jim Fergus

Source : Jim Fergus (2010). “One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd”, p.195, Macmillan

#Mother Quotes #Medicine Quotes

“Yet only the atrocities of the conquered are referred to as criminal acts; those of the conqueror are justified as necessary, heroic, and even worse, as the fulfillment of God's will.”
-- Jim Fergus

Source : Jim Fergus (2005). “The Wild Girl: The Notebooks of Ned Giles, 1932”, Wheeler Pub Incorporated

#Atrocities Quotes #Criminals Quotes #Heroic Quotes

“The Sierra, a region so quiet and pristine that we have the sense of being the first human beings ever to set foot in it. We fall silent ourselves in its midst, as if conversation in a place of such primeval solitude would be like talking in church.”
-- Jim Fergus

Source : Jim Fergus (2005). “The Wild Girl: The Notebooks of Ned Giles, 1932”, Wheeler Pub Incorporated

#Travel Quotes #Fall Quotes #Talking Quotes

“To her- Hand in hand we come Christopher Robin and I To lay this book in your lap. Say you're surprised? Say you like it? Say it's just what you wanted? Because it's yours- because we love you.”

“Some men are more interesting than their books but my book is more interesting than its man.”

“And malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man.”

“The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity...”

“In very clear and available language, this book details how to recognize the inner critic and how to deal effectively with it. Byron Brown's presentation is useful for any individual who wishes to be free from the inner suffering and coercion of this ancient foe of our humanity, but it is specifically directed to those interested and engaged in the inner journey toward realization and enlightenment.”

“My reading list grows exponentially. Every time I read a book, it'll mention three other books I feel I have to read. It's like a particularly relentless series of pop-up ads.”

Source : A. J. Jacobs (2008). “The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible”, p.29, Simon and Schuster

“Americans think the only funny Brits are John Cleese, Benny Hill and whoever makes our toothpaste. They're not laughing with us, they are laughing at us.”

“Because of a friend, life is a little stronger, fuller, more gracious thing for the friend's existence, whether he be near or far. If the friend is close at hand, that is best; but if he is far away he still is there to think of, to wonder about, to hear from, to write to, to share life and experience with, to serve, to honor, to admire, to love.”

“I love playing odd roles.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“Sometimes its odd to interact with someone to whom you purposed.”