The Mammoth Hunters Quotes

“They stared at each other, wanting each other, drawn to each other, but their silent shout of love went unheard in the roar of misunderstanding, and the clatter of culturally ingrained beliefs.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

“Art was as much in the activity as in the results. Works of art were not just the finished product, but the thought, the action, the process that created them.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

“You weren't being punished. You were waiting for me.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

“A person could resist popular belief and stand up for personal principles, and though there may be consequences, not everything would necessarily be lost. In fact, something important might be gained, if only within oneself.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

“She loved him, more than she could ever find words for, but this love he felt for her was not quite the same. It wasn't so much stronger, as more demanding, more insistent. As though he feared he would lose that which he had finally won.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

“Ayla just didn't seem like a woman who was about to join and establish a new hearth with a man she loved. There was no joy, no excitement. Something was missing. Something called Jondalar.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

“The ones that counted were the ones that cared.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

“Hacía falta una fortaleza diferente para persuadir en vez de obligar. Talut se ganaba el respeto respetando a los demás.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

“No, Nezzie. No medicine can make him well,’ she replied in a firm voice that was tinged with sorrow.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

“His people believed that the Mother had first created a spirit world, and the spirits of all things in it were perfect. The spirits then produced living copies of themselves, to populate the ordinary world. The spirit was the model, the pattern from which all things were derived, but no copy could be as perfect as the original; not even the spirits themselves could make perfect copies, that was why each was different.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

“Children are always a joy, but pain, too. And they all must lead their own lives. Even Mut will let Her children go their own way, some day, but I fear for us if we ever neglect Her. If we forget to respect our Great Earth Mother, She will withhold Her blessings, and no longer provide for us.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

“A person could resist popular belief and stand up for personal principles, and though there might be consequences, not everything would necessarily be lost. In fact, something important might be gained, if only within oneself.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

“Great Mother!I can't believe it!Now I understand."(Mamut)
"I do not understand," Ayla said”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

“that which is subtle can be more powerful.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

“He began to understand that just because some people thought certain behavior was wrong, that didn’t make it so. A person could resist popular belief and stand up for personal principles, and though there might be consequences, not everything would necessarily be lost. In fact, something important might be gained, if only within oneself.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

“In Ranec’s eye the finest and most perfect example of anything was beautiful, and anything beautiful was the finest and most perfect example of spirit; it was the essence of it. That was his religion. Beyond that, at the core of his aesthetic soul, he felt that beauty had an intrinsic value of its own, and he believed there was a potential for beauty in everything. While some activities or objects could be simply functional, he felt that anyone who came close to achieving perfection in any activity was an artist, and the results contained the essence of beauty. But the art was as much in the activity as in the results. Works of art were not just the finished product, but the thought, the action, the process that created them.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

“Jondalar, you give me nothing but joy, nothing but pleasure. I love it when you want me, any time, any place. If you want me, there is no time I am not ready for you. I always want you. I love you.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

“The sparks he made with just flint were not usually long-lived enough to make fire, anyway.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

“The Shamud had told him once that the Mother favoured him so much no woman could refuse him, not even the Mother Herself could refuse him – that was his gift – but he warned him to be wary. Gifts from the Mother were not an unmixed blessing, they put one in Her debt.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

“He began to understand that just because some people thought certain behavior was wrong, that didn’t make it so. A person could resist popular belief and stand up for personal principles, and though there might be consequences, not everything would be necessarily lost. In fact, something important might be gained, if only within oneself.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

“He was an abomination precisely because they saw his humanity, but degraded it and would not recognize it.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

“nightmares of earthquakes, and”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

“Estaré a su lado contra mis peores enemigos y contra mis mejores amigos.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

“Comenzaba a comprender que una conducta determinada no era necesariamente errónea sólo porque algunos la consideraran así. Una persona podía resistirse a las creencias populares, defendiendo principios personales, sin perderlo todo, aunque pudieran surgir ciertas consecuencias desagradables. Más aún: se podía ganar algo importante, aunque sólo fuera dentro de uno mismo.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

“Incluso cuando vuelves a un mismo lugar, ya no es el mismo.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

“No era sólo su aspecto lo que la hacía hermosa. La belleza no era una representación estética: era la esencia, el espíritu que la animaba. Se expresaba mejor a través del movimiento, de la conducta y del talento. Una mujer hermosa era una mujer dinámica y completa.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

“nor can a society last if a few people exercise their individuality at the expense of the community.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

“Hearth to change. He had been watching from the Lion”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

“In a very real sense, it was a game, the very subtle and entirely serious game of comparative rank which is played by all social animals. It is the method by which individuals arrange themselves—horses in a herd, wolves in a pack, people in a community—so that they can live together. The game pits two opposing forces against each other, both equally important to survival: individual autonomy and community welfare. The object is to achieve dynamic equilibrium. At times and under certain conditions individuals can be nearly autonomous. An individual can live alone and have no worry about rank, but no species can survive without interaction between individuals. The ultimate price would be more final than death. It would be extinction. On the other hand, complete individual subordination to the group is just as devastating. Life is neither static nor unchanging. With no individuality, there can be no change, no adaptation and, in an inherently changing world, any species unable to adapt is also doomed. Humans in a community, whether it is as small as two people or as large as the world, and no matter what form the society takes, will arrange themselves according to some hierarchy. Commonly understood courtesies and customs can help to smooth the friction and ease the stress of maintaining a workable balance within this constantly changing system. In some situations most individuals will not have to compromise much of their personal independence for the welfare of the community. In others, the needs of the community may demand the utmost personal sacrifice of the individual, even to life itself. Neither is more right than the other, it depends on the circumstances; but neither extreme can be maintained for long, nor can a society last if a few people exercise their individuality at the expense of the community.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

“A frown creased Ayla’s forehead. She remembered he had used that word to describe her when she used her sling, and she wasn’t sure if she understood the word the way he used it. “Are you artist?” she asked. He made a wry grimace. Her question had touched at the heart of an issue about which he had strong feelings.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters