“...any eye at all practiced in the signs of a frontier warfare, might easily have traced all those unerring evidences of the… — James Fenimore Cooper War Copy Share Image
“...for flowers that will bloom in a garden will die on a heath...” — James Fenimore Cooper Flower Copy Share Image
“... As for me, I taught the lad the real character of a rifle; and well has he paid me for it.… — James Fenimore Cooper Business Copy Share Image
“My day has been too long. In the morning I saw the sons of the Unamis happy and strong; and yet, before… — James Fenimore Cooper Morning Copy Share Image
“Ah's me! if we could be what what we wish to be, instead of being only what we are, there would be… — James Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
“My eyes are true and as delicate as a hummingbird's in the day; but they are nothing worth boasting of by starlight.” — James Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
“Who have we here? some amateur in fights! an inquisitive, wonder- seeking non-combatant, who has volunteered to serve his king, and perhaps… — James Fenimore Cooper Books Copy Share Image
“In short, the magnifying influence of fear began to set at naught the calculations of reason, and to render those who should… — James Fenimore Cooper Fear Copy Share Image
“Even the robin and the martin come back, year after year, to their old nests; shall a woman be less true hearted… — James Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
“Our orthodox friends need not be told that all merit in this world is comparative; and once for all, we desire to… — James Fenimore Cooper American literature Copy Share Image
“Patience is the greatest of virtues in a woodsman.” — James Fenimore Cooper Patience Copy Share Image
“Life is sweet, even to the aged; and, for that matter, I've known some that seemed to set much store by it… — James Fenimore Cooper Life Copy Share Image
“Your young white, who gathers his learning from books and can measure what he knows by the page, may conceit that his… — James Fenimore Cooper Books Copy Share Image
The European who comes to America plunges into the virgin forest with wonder and delight; while the American who goes to Europe… — James Fenimore Cooper Adventure Copy Share Image
“On the human imagination events produce the effects of time. Thus he who has travelled far and seen much is apt to… — James Fenimore Cooper History Copy Share Image
“Judith:"And where, then, is your sweetheart, Deerslayer?" Deerslayer: "She's in the forest, Judith - hanging from the boughs of the trees, in… — James Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
“...every period of life has its necessities, and at forty-seven it's just as well to trust a little to the head.” — James Fenimore Cooper Life Copy Share Image
“...the Evil Spirit delights more to dwell in an artful body, than in one that has no cunning to work upon.” — James Fenimore Cooper Religion Copy Share Image
“That of all the 'oracies (aristocracy and democracy included) hypocrisy is the most flourishing.” — James Fenimore Cooper Politics Copy Share Image
“Men who, in their hearts, really care no more for mankind than See-wise cared for the fish, lift their voices in shouts… — James Fenimore Cooper Domestic violence Copy Share Image
All sacrifices of common sense, and all recourse to plausible political combinations, whether of individuals or of men, are uniformly made at… — James Fenimore Cooper Combinations Copy Share Image
“...that dog is more to be trusted than many a Christian man; for he never forgets a friend, and loves the hand… — James Fenimore Cooper Christianity Copy Share Image
“..that all-seeing eye which reads the heart, could not fail to discriminate between the living and the dead, and the gentle soul… — James Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
It is not a very difficult task to make what is commonly called an amusing book of travels. Any one who will… — James Fenimore Cooper Adventure Copy Share Image
