"The truth is I've got the land on my back, an' it's drivin' me. Land is a hard driver."

-- Ellen Glasgow

#Land Quotes #Truth Is Quotes #Drivers Quotes

“As we practice the work of forgiveness we discover more and more that forgiveness and healing are one.”
“They're going to need a DNA test to identify him after the fight (Chavez Jr.)”
“[On Paris:] It exists, constant, eternal, surrounding us who live in it, and it is in us. We love it or hate it, but we cannot escape it. It is a circle of associations in which man exists, being himself a circle of associations. Having entered it and come out of it we are not what we were before knowing it: it devoured us, we devoured it, and the problem is not did we or didn't we want it. We consumed each other. It courses in our blood.”
“Among the things Billy Pilgrim could not change were the past, the present, and the future.”
“If a work of art is placed before me, I believe I can enjoy it; but I do not overlook the fact, that Art is one thing, another thing Amusement; and that people do like amusements, and will run after it.”
“In your patience ye are strong.”
“Only the chaste man and the chaste woman are capable of true love.”
“Always remember, Son, the best boss is the one who bosses the least. Whether it's cattle, or horses, or men; the least government is the best government.”

Source : Ralph Moody (1991). “Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers”, p.80, U of Nebraska Press

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