Come Spring Quotes

“I guess thinking about things, all by yourself, is as good as going to any church.”
― Ben Ames Williams, Come Spring

“You have to think a man is an animal before you can kill him like one and not have your stomach turned.”
― Ben Ames Williams, Come Spring

“Till now this land had been useless wilderness, untamed and wild, serving no useful end. Now man had set it free to serve the ends of man.”
― Ben Ames Williams, Come Spring

“Probably all over the world there were wars and hate and violence; but if you did not know about them, they did not harm you. A man — or a woman — had enough to do living his own life, loving good and hating evil in himself and in those near him. It did no good, only great harm, to hate Linneken, and the British, and all those others whose lives never touched your own.”
― Ben Ames Williams, Come Spring

“Would you break my neck for wanting a kiss?’ She nodded quietly. ‘Yes,’ she said. ‘I might, if I didn’t want to give it to you.”
― Ben Ames Williams, Come Spring

“Ain’t you afraid of bears?’ he asked her. ‘You’d ought to have a man along to take care of ye. I can oblige ye, any time.”
― Ben Ames Williams, Come Spring

“Used to be an Indian grave on the island there, Mima. All built out of stones. They took ’em to use for foundations over at Taylor’s.”
― Ben Ames Williams, Come Spring

“We’ll find a man for you,’ he promised.”
― Ben Ames Williams, Come Spring

“Folks would be better off half the time to make things do — or else do without.”
― Ben Ames Williams, Come Spring