"Historically the buffalo had more influence on man than all other Plains animals combined. It was life, food, raiment, and shelter to the Indians. The buffalo and the Plains Indians lived together, and together passed away. The year 1876 marks practically the end of both."

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Source : Walter Prescott Webb (1959). “The Great Plains”, p.44, U of Nebraska Press

Walter Prescott Webb

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“I understand that drugs aren't for everybody, I think it's an issue of personal freedom of choice.”

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“The moment you say, or , the skies will open for you and the non- physical energies begin instantly to orchestrate the manifestation of your desire.”
“...there is the sheer emotional, intellectual, physical, chemical pleasure of your children. The honest truth is that the world holds no greater gratification than lying in bed with your children, putting your leg on top of them in a semi-crushing manner, while saying sternly, "You are a poo.”
“I will always write myself a part. It will never be number one or two on the call sheet, but it will be number five through ten. That way they won't kick you off after you sell it.”

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“Once youâ€™ve actually died on stageâ€¦ I mean, how do you top that?”
“There is a ghost here. A lonely, heartbroken spirit. The ghost of everything that could've been and never was.”

Source : Jennifer Donnelly (2014). “The Tea Rose”, p.554, Bloomsbury Publishing
“Memory is strange. Scientifically, it is not a mechanical means of repeating something. I can think a thousand times about when I broke my leg at the age of ten, but it is never the same thing which comes to mind when I think about it. My memory of this event has never been, in reality, anything except the memory of my last memory of that event. This is why I use the image of a palimpsest - something written over something partially erased - that is what memory is for me. It's not a film you play back in exactly the same way. It's like theater, with characters who appear from time to time.”
“A writer's mind seems to be situated partly in the solar plexus and partly in the head.”

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