You cannot know where your people are going if you don't know where your people have been.
Forrest CarterWell, Mr. Carpetbagger. We got somethin' in this territory called the Missouri boat ride. -Josey Wales
Forrest CarterGranpa said if there was less words, there wouldn't be as much trouble in the world. He said privately to me that there was always some damn fool making up a word that served no purpose except to cause trouble.
Forrest CarterHe loves deep... hates hard, ever'thing's that killed what he loves. All great warriors are sich men.
Forrest CarterIndian believes they ain't but two sins... bein a coward... and turnin agin yer own kind.
Forrest CarterIt is good that a man's enemies want him dead, for it proves he has lived a life of worth.
Forrest CarterNow remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. 'Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is.
Forrest CarterI felt total bad about it, and empty. Granpa said he knew how I felt, for he was feeling the same way. But Granpa said everything you lost which you had loved give you that feeling. He said the only way round it was not to love anything, which was worse because you would feel empty all the time.
Forrest CarterTags: the-education-of-little-tree
Granma said when you come on something good, first thing to do is share it with whoever you can find; that way, the good spreads out where no telling it will go. Which is right.
Forrest CarterTags: theologyon-of-little-tree
Granpa said he seen that and so he knowed. Granpa said ye had to understand. But most people didn't want to-it was too much trouble-so they used words to cover their own laziness and called other folks "shiftless".
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