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> [“It was only when I returned that I viewed Indiana through such a jaundiced eye. While there I tried desperately to gather the whole state around me and make it cohere. I don't mean to say that I enjoyed living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-kimberling/it-was-only-when-i-returned-that-i-viewed-indiana-through-such-a/)

[Brian Kimberling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-kimberling/)

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## More by Brian Kimberling

> [“Somewhere in that ancient brain it knows that you are an idiot with a stick, to be endured, and that tomorrow there will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-kimberling/somewhere-in-that-ancient-brain-it-knows-that-you-are-an-idiot-with-a/)

[Brian Kimberling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-kimberling/)

> [“A proper Indiana twister looks something like God got fed up with his spinach. God in this instance is about six years old .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-kimberling/a-proper-indiana-twister-looks-something-like-god-got-fed-up-with-his/)

[Brian kimberling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-kimberling/)

> [“Dismemberment, even posthumous, is obscene.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-kimberling/dismemberment-even-posthumous-is-obscene/)

[Brian Kimberling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-kimberling/)

> [“It was only when I returned that I viewed Indiana through such a jaundiced eye. While there I tried desperately to gather the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-kimberling/it-was-only-when-i-returned-that-i-viewed-indiana-through-such-a/)

[Brian Kimberling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-kimberling/)

> [“Well, that's one afternoon shot to hell,' I said. 'No,' said Shane. 'Other people are watching TV.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-kimberling/well-that-s-one-afternoon-shot-to-hell-i-said-no-said-shane-other/)

[Brian Kimberling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-kimberling/)

> [“A list of birds seen on a given day is also a form of prayer, a thanksgiving for being alive at a certain time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-kimberling/a-list-of-birds-seen-on-a-given-day-is-also-a-form-of-prayer-a/)

[Brian Kimberling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-kimberling/)

> [“It takes no skill to find a bald eagle. You look for flat rabbits on country roads. Wait a while and the national emblem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-kimberling/it-takes-no-skill-to-find-a-bald-eagle-you-look-for-flat-rabbits-on/)

[Brian Kimberling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-kimberling/)

> [“She was not always honest, but she was never rude. "I've only been in his house once. He has a sofa and two bird…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-kimberling/she-was-not-always-honest-but-she-was-never-rude-i-ve-only-been-in/)

[Brian Kimberling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-kimberling/)

> [“She said not to worry-- that she had done so many things she regretted and perhaps we should both agree that we had sprung…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-kimberling/she-said-not-to-worry-that-she-had-done-so-many-things-she-regretted/)

[Brian Kimberling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-kimberling/)

> [“From remote and sparsely populated Vermont, Indiana seemed hopeless; a collection of turtle-shooting subliterates--people opposed to evolution, pluralism, and poetry. And yet. Those leaves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-kimberling/from-remote-and-sparsely-populated-vermont-indiana-seemed-hopeless-a/)

[Brian Kimberling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-kimberling/)

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