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A false vision was better than none.
Martha Ostenso Quotes: A false vision was better
By mid-morning a rain as fine as silk spills was weaving over the lake.
Martha Ostenso Quotes: By mid-morning a rain as
Growing old was simply a process of drawing closer to that ultimate independence called death.
Martha Ostenso Quotes: Growing old was simply a
Listen - man is a child of Nature. When he turns against his mother - he's done! He may not find out about it right away, but he will.
Martha Ostenso Quotes: Listen - man is a
There is too much doing - too little being! When we begin to get strenuous, life begins to grow intolerable.
Martha Ostenso Quotes: There is too much doing
Work did not destroy the loneliness; work was only a fog in which they moved so that they might not see the loneliness of each other
Martha Ostenso Quotes: Work did not destroy the
There's precious little comes of telling people what they don't want to hear ...
Martha Ostenso Quotes: There's precious little comes of
The lush green of the fields became a rich gold that swayed sturdily under the wind and fell at last before the hands of the reapers.
Martha Ostenso Quotes: The lush green of the
Time passed so much more slowly than space.
Martha Ostenso Quotes: Time passed so much more
But one had to go back to the beginning of things, always. Trace the thread of life - find the knot - untangle it.
Martha Ostenso Quotes: But one had to go
You have stirred the soil with your plow, my friend. It will never be the same again.
Martha Ostenso Quotes: You have stirred the soil
A sickness ... defines margins, crystallizes the shape of things.
Martha Ostenso Quotes: A sickness ... defines margins,
It was a sly trick of God's to give a man work to do - it kept him from asking questions that God couldn't answer.
Martha Ostenso Quotes: It was a sly trick
The past ... is a dim avenue down which we may walk and find the diverging paths of terror and beauty and passion ...
Martha Ostenso Quotes: The past ... is a
Once a man had thrust his hands into the soil and knew the grit of it between his teeth, he felt something rise within him that was not of his day or generation, but had persisted through birth and death from a time beyond recall.
Martha Ostenso Quotes: Once a man had thrust
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