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Martha Ostenso Quotes

A sickness... defines margins, crystallizes the shape of things Picture Quote #1

The snow again. White, white net of beauty, net of dream, trapping the earth, trapping the helpless heart of life Picture Quote #1

Religion is passionate, reckless, destructive, idol-smashing. It’s a martyr burning at the stake. It’s a crown of thorns and a cross Picture Quote #1

Listen - man is a child of Nature. When he turns against his mother - he’s done! He may not find out about it right away, but he will Picture Quote #1

A man can break God’s laws and be forgiven. That’s what they teach us. But when he breaks Nature’s laws, there’s no forgiveness - and there’s no escape. Sooner or later he pays the penalty, or his children pay it - or his children’s children. It doesn’t matter much. It must be paid Picture Quote #1

There is too much doing - too little being! When we begin to get strenuous, life begins to grow intolerable Picture Quote #1

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But one had to go back to the beginning of things, always. Trace the thread of life - find the knot - untangle it Picture Quote #1

Ah, life, life, how madly, how cruelly it raced along your pulses! Picture Quote #1

Time passed so much more slowly than space Picture Quote #1

There was nothing so real on the prairie as winter, nothing so memorable Picture Quote #1

Growing old was simply a process of drawing closer to that ultimate independence called death Picture Quote #1

A false vision was better than none Picture Quote #1

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The snow again. White, white net of beauty, net of dream, trapping the earth, trapping the helpless heart of life Picture Quote #1

Time, designing slowly, swiftly; Time, destroying slowly, swiftly; Time holding, possessing the earth in its tender indifference Picture Quote #1

The past... is a dim avenue down which we may walk and find the diverging paths of terror and beauty and passion Picture Quote #1

God, what pathetic creatures had inherited the earth, to walk a little while with their eyes upon the stars and turn their gaze too soon upon the ground that held their feet! Picture Quote #1

Once a man had thrust his hands into the soil and knew the grit of it between his teeth, he felt something rise within him that was not of his day or generation, but had persisted through birth and death from a time beyond recall Picture Quote #1

You have stirred the soil with your plow, my friend. It will never be the same again Picture Quote #1

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The lush green of the fields became a rich gold that swayed sturdily under the wind and fell at last before the hands of the reapers Picture Quote #1

Here and there on the branch of an oak a congress of leaves still clung, rigid as flakes of bronze Picture Quote #1

There’s precious little comes of telling people what they don’t want to hear Picture Quote #1

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A sickness... defines margins, crystallizes the shape of things (Martha Ostenso Quotes) The snow again. White, white net of beauty, net of dream, trapping the earth, trapping the helpless heart of life ... (Martha Ostenso Quotes) Religion is passionate, reckless, destructive, idol-smashing. It’s a martyr burning at the stake. It’s a crown of thorns and a cross (Martha Ostenso Quotes) Listen - man is a child of Nature. When he turns against his mother - he’s done! He may not find out about it right away, but he will (Martha Ostenso Quotes) A man can break God’s laws and be forgiven. That’s what they teach us. But when he breaks Nature’s laws, there’s no forgiveness - and there’s no escape. Sooner or later he pays the penalty, or his children pay it - or his children’s children. It doesn’t matter much. It must be paid (Martha Ostenso Quotes) There is too much doing - too little being! When we begin to get strenuous, life begins to grow intolerable (Martha Ostenso Quotes) But one had to go back to the beginning of things, always. Trace the thread of life - find the knot - untangle it (Martha Ostenso Quotes) Ah, life, life, how madly, how cruelly it raced along your pulses! (Martha Ostenso Quotes) Time passed so much more slowly than space (Martha Ostenso Quotes) There was nothing so real on the prairie as winter, nothing so memorable (Martha Ostenso Quotes) Growing old was simply a process of drawing closer to that ultimate independence called death (Martha Ostenso Quotes) A false vision was better than none (Martha Ostenso Quotes) The snow again. White, white net of beauty, net of dream, trapping the earth, trapping the helpless heart of life (Martha Ostenso Quotes) Time, designing slowly, swiftly; Time, destroying slowly, swiftly; Time holding, possessing the earth in its tender indifference (Martha Ostenso Quotes) The past... is a dim avenue down which we may walk and find the diverging paths of terror and beauty and passion (Martha Ostenso Quotes) God, what pathetic creatures had inherited the earth, to walk a little while with their eyes upon the stars and turn their gaze too soon upon the ground that held their feet! (Martha Ostenso Quotes) Once a man had thrust his hands into the soil and knew the grit of it between his teeth, he felt something rise within him that was not of his day or generation, but had persisted through birth and death from a time beyond recall (Martha Ostenso Quotes) You have stirred the soil with your plow, my friend. It will never be the same again (Martha Ostenso Quotes) The lush green of the fields became a rich gold that swayed sturdily under the wind and fell at last before the hands of the reapers (Martha Ostenso Quotes) Here and there on the branch of an oak a congress of leaves still clung, rigid as flakes of bronze (Martha Ostenso Quotes) There’s precious little comes of telling people what they don’t want to hear (Martha Ostenso Quotes)