The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children Quotes

“He did not venture to say anything more,”
― Mary Austin, The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children

“I suppose," he thought, "it is not good for me to flower as the other plants. If I began like them I should probably end like them, and I feel that I could not be satisfied with that. After all, one should not try to be so much like others, but to be the very best of one's own sort.”
― Mary Hunter Austin, The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children

“There is nothing," he said to the sapling firs, "like being able to endure hard times with a good countenance.”
― Mary Hunter Austin, The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children