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21 " In Erling Nicolai Rolfsrud’s compendium of memorable women and men from North Dakota, “Mustache” Maude Black, for that was the name of my grandparents’ benefactress, is described as not un-womanly, though she dressed mannishly, smoked, drank, was a crack shot and a hard-assed camp boss. These "
― Louise Erdrich , The Plague of Doves
22 " She was a woman of reserve. "
23 " The whole time we made love, in deepening light, we watched each other's faces as the expressions came and went. We saw the pleasure and the tenderness. We saw the helplessness deepen. We saw the need that was a beautiful sickness between us. "
24 " Drugs now travel the old fur trade routes, and where once Corwin "
25 " I do my work. I do my best to make the small decisions well, and I try not to hunger for the great things, for the deeper explanations. For I am sentenced to keep watch over this small patch of earth, to judge its miseries and tell its stories. That’s who I am. "
26 " What is the difference between the influence of instinct upon a wolf and history upon a man? In both cases, justice is prey to unknown dreams. "