Amisha turned away, unable to imagine romance, or a man who valued her beyond her ability to provide children and keep a home.
“Before the power of Nature, its inescapable presence and fixed dominion, all men and women are as mice in the talons of the hawk. In a city, I could well imagine—surrounded by streets and commerce and carriages, everyone dressed Sunday-fine, with the forests and fields only a thin shadow on a distant horizon—a body might trick itself into believing that mankind held the world in its white-knuckled hand. But on our homestead, the wilderness ran right up to the front door.”
― One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow
― One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow
“What seemed an individual, whole and distinct, was tied inextricably to its neighbors.”
― One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow
― One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow
“One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.”
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“We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.”
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“whatever a body expects their life to be, that’s what they’ll make of it in the end.”
― One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow
― One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow
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