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21 " There was never a place he walked that was not the better for his having passed. For every tree he cut down he planted two. "
― Louis L'Amour , Jubal Sackett (The Sacketts, #4)
22 " He wastes no time yet is never hurried. "
23 " He should have been drowned at birth. "
24 " Glancing at Keokotah I noted his features were unmarked by surprise. Had he seen or heard a gun before? Later, I learned he had not, but he was a Kickapoo, not to be astonished by such things. "
25 " Yet there was beauty everywhere and we were lonely on the river. The forest was dark and deep with shadows where cypress trees were festooned with veils of Spanish moss. Water oak, hickory, tupelo gum, and many other trees clustered the banks, and hummingbirds danced above the water, opalescent feathers catching the light as if they played with their own beauty. "
26 " rip our bottom out. "
27 " eat the meat of strange animals before I died. "
28 " It is through wonder that we come to know. "
29 " When I awakened I was cold, colder than I had ever been before. "
30 " We accepted all people as they were and trusted nobody until they had proved themselves trustworthy. "
31 " See? I am here. Why? Because I wanted to see, to know, to understand. I wanted to go beyond the Great River. I wanted to go beyond the plains. I want even to go beyond these mountains where we now are. I think I am in this world to find beauty in lonely places. At least, that is what I wish to think. "
32 " Sakim had taught me to be wary of evidence given by others, for in all evidence there is some interpretation. The eyes see, the mind explains. But does the mind explain correctly? The mind only has what experience and education have given it, and perhaps that is not enough. Because one has seen does not mean one knows. "
33 " Fire, man’s first and faithful friend, and ever a potential enemy. "
34 " The wounds had healed, but the scars would be mine forever. "
35 " When there are no new ideas things can remain the same, "
36 " I know only that civilizations seem to be like people. They are born, they grow to maturity, then they age and lose their vitality and they die, only to be born again in later years. "
37 " Many people desire things they do not need. "
38 " Happiness can be measured by what one does not need, but often to see is to want. "
39 " Each day is a day to live and in which to keep from dying, and a man’s energies are directed out from himself and his thoughts as well. "
40 " when does a man leave a place he has lived without some regret? For each time some part of him is left behind. So "