Mari Sandoz Quotes

• The hills of one’s youth are all mountains

  Mari Sandoz

  Mountain, Youth, Hills

  Mari Sandoz (1986). “The Story Catcher”, p.157, U of Nebraska Press

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• writers don't like to write letters. Too much like work.

  Mari Sandoz

  Writing, Letters, Too Much

  Mari Sandoz (1992). “Letters of Mari Sandoz”, p.136, U of Nebraska Press

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• Indians still consider the whites a brutal people who treat their children like enemies - playthings, too, coddling them like pampered pets or fragile toys, but underneath always like enemies, enemies that must be restrained, bribed, spied upon, and punished. They believe that children so treated will grow up as dependent and immature as pets and toys, and as angry and dangerous as enemies within the family circle, to be appeased and fought.

  Mari Sandoz

  Children, Growing Up, Believe

  Mari Sandoz (1959). “Hostiles and Friendlies: Selected Short Writings of Mari Sandoz”, p.32, U of Nebraska Press

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• There's no discounting the antagonism the average woman feels for the eldest daughter. The infuriating thing is that most mothers blame the daughters for their hatred when it's just what makes the mother pig eat her first batch of young. Of course one can't tell them that.

  Mari Sandoz

  Daughter, Mother, Pigs

  Mari Sandoz (1992). “Letters of Mari Sandoz”, p.67, U of Nebraska Press

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