Knots Quote by Martha Ostenso

“But one had to go back to the beginning of things, always. Trace the thread of life - find the knot - untangle it.” quote by Martha Ostenso — Download Open image

“But one had to go back to the beginning of things, always. Trace the thread of life - find the knot - untangle it.”

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Time passed so much more slowly than space.

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There was nothing so real on the prairie as winter, nothing so memorable.

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Religion is passionate, reckless, destructive, idol-smashing. It's a martyr burning at the stake. It's a crown of thorns and a cross.

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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 -…

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Here and there on the branch of an oak a congress of leaves still clung, rigid as flakes of bronze.

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

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