Quote by Rebecca Solnit

“Historically, people move west more than east. People go east only when invited. When opportunity knocks. People go west when all bets are off:…

— Karen Hines

“The idea of the frontier runs so deep in American culture that we internalize the idea that to find nature—real nature—you have to get…

— Christopher Brown

“In the West the land was level, and there were no trees. The grass grew thick and high. There the wild animals wandered and…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

“But it was all a pipe dream. As well try to stop an avalanche as to stop the moving frontier. American immigrants and emigrants…

— Stephen E. Ambrose

“Writing has taught me that the frontier isn’t always a place. Sometimes it’s a season of your life. The space between who you were…

— Dustin Lee

A frontier is never a place; it is a time and a way of life.

— Hal Borland

“This (white settlers) was the section of humanity that was favored in that place, the Indians had no place no more there. Their tickets…

— Sebastian Barry

“The frontier isn’t always a place. Sometimes it’s a season of your life. The space between who you were and who you might still…

— Dustin Lee

“They want the Indians eliminated, and the lands opened up to white settlers, but they don't want anybody to get hurt in the process.…

— Michael Crichton

“No other frontier has ever inspired so many of its people to write. The scenes of California, and the experiences of getting there an…

— Walton Bean

“The little settlements we lived in-He-Dog, Upper Cut Meat, Parmelee, St. Francis, Belvidere-were places without hope where bodies and souls were being destroyed bit…

— Mary Crow Dog

“And the frontier in here?" the North American woman had asked, tapping her forehead. "And the frontier in hear?" General Arroyo had responded, touching…

— Carlos Fuentes