The hills of one’s youth are all mountains

- Mari Sandoz

writers don't like to write letters. Too much like work.

- Mari Sandoz

There's no discounting the antagonism the average woman feels for the eldest daughter. The infuriating thing is that most mothers blame the daughters…

- Mari Sandoz

Indians still consider the whites a brutal people who treat their children like enemies - playthings, too, coddling them like pampered pets or fragil…

- Mari Sandoz