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title: "1 Landscape Childhood Quotes By Janisse Ray"
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> [The landscape of my childhood was one of fierce occupation by trees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janisse-ray/the-landscape-of-my-childhood-was-one-of-fierce-occupation-by-trees/)

[Janisse Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janisse-ray/)

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## More by Janisse Ray

> [All I can say about Juliette of the Herbs is that it has made me look at how my life is now, still close…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janisse-ray/all-i-can-say-about-juliette-of-the-herbs-is-that-it-has-made-me-look/)

[Janisse Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janisse-ray/)

> [The landscape of my childhood was one of fierce occupation by trees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janisse-ray/the-landscape-of-my-childhood-was-one-of-fierce-occupation-by-trees/)

[Janisse Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janisse-ray/)

> [“Most of us, most of our lives, are asked to live small. Most of us quit trying very young to live the bigness we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janisse-ray/most-of-us-most-of-our-lives-are-asked-to-live-small-most-of-us-quit/)

[Janisse Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janisse-ray/)

> [“Rural places have hemorrhaged their best and brightest children, their intellectuals, thinkers, organizers, leaders, and artists-those who would create change and who would parent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janisse-ray/rural-places-have-hemorrhaged-their-best-and-brightest-children-their/)

[Janisse Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janisse-ray/)

> [“The assumption is that hope is a prerequisite for action. Without hope one becomes depressed and then unable to act. I want to stress…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janisse-ray/the-assumption-is-that-hope-is-a-prerequisite-for-action-without-hope/)

[Janisse Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janisse-ray/)

> [“Perhaps no word exists in our terribly inadequate English language to name this abstract, emotional thing that is not forgiveness, is not forgetting, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janisse-ray/perhaps-no-word-exists-in-our-terribly-inadequate-english-language-to/)

[Janisse Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janisse-ray/)

> [“Sometimes all we have is a little light that we can shine outward into a big darkness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janisse-ray/sometimes-all-we-have-is-a-little-light-that-we-can-shine-outward/)

[Janisse Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janisse-ray/)

> [“I think of my own life, how it embraces a great quest to know every cog of nature--the names of oaks and ferns, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janisse-ray/i-think-of-my-own-life-how-it-embraces-a-great-quest-to-know-every/)

[Janisse Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janisse-ray/)

> [“Turning back to embrace the past has been a long, slow lesson not only in self-esteem, but in patriotism—pride in homeland, heritage. It has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janisse-ray/turning-back-to-embrace-the-past-has-been-a-long-slow-lesson-not-only/)

[Janisse Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janisse-ray/)

> [I carry the landscape inside me like an ache. The story of who I am cannot be severed from the story of the flatwoods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janisse-ray/i-carry-the-landscape-inside-me-like-an-ache-the-story-of-who-i-am/)

[Janisse Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janisse-ray/)

> [“Of what use to humanity, I ask myself, is a man who cannot see beyond his own hurt?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janisse-ray/of-what-use-to-humanity-i-ask-myself-is-a-man-who-cannot-see-beyond/)

[Janisse Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janisse-ray/)

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