“It was our understanding that we were to be instructing them in the ways of the civilized world, not being made beasts of burden, but, as Helen Flight has pointed out, of what use are table manners to those without… — Jim Fergus Copy Share Image
Yet only the atrocities of the conquered are referred to as criminal acts; those of the conqueror are justified as necessary, heroic, and even… — Jim Fergus Copy Share Image
“...the Sierra, a region so quiet and pristine that we have the sense of being the first human beings ever to set foot in… — Jim Fergus Copy Share Image
Your power as a woman, as a mother, is your medicine, and it saved you. Take your courage in that. — Jim Fergus Copy Share Image
“For their part, the savage men appear to spend an inordinate amount of time lounging around their lodges, smoking and gossiping among themselves...so that… — Jim Fergus Copy Share Image
Don't you know that I laugh because it is my last defense against tears? — Jim Fergus Copy Share Image
“I push him from my mind. This is no act of easy omission on my part; I do not consign him casually to a… — Jim Fergus Copy Share Image
“I knew then that when we had crested that final tortuos pass in the rocks and dropped down into this valley, we had crossed… — Jim Fergus Copy Share Image
“that's exactly the good thing about the Injun life--you don't have to stop and think about whether or not you're 'happy'--which in my opinion… — Jim Fergus Copy Share Image
“Ah but Art never fails anyone, magic and medicine may certainly fail, but never Art.” — Jim Fergus Copy Share Image
“It was our understanding that we were to be instructing them in the ways of the civilized world, not being made beasts of burden,… — Jim Fergus Copy Share Image
“But others of us believed that the only true happiness our Sara had ever known in her short life on this earth had been… — Jim Fergus Copy Share Image
“The law of the jungle which I learned at a young age, and have been trying to escape ever since, is that we what… — Jim Fergus Copy Share Image
“I, personally, have resolved never to display weakness, to be always strong and firm and forthright, to show neither fear nor uncertainty-- no matter… — Jim Fergus Copy Share Image
...how odd to think of one's life not as chapters in a book but as complete volumes, separate and distinct. — Jim Fergus Copy Share Image
