26 Quotes by Forrest Carter

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    And as the Cherokee walked farther from his mountains, he began to die.

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    Granpa always said that if you was spoken to, treat such with proper respect and give full attention to what was being said.

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    When ye hear somebody using words agin’ somebody, don’t go by his words, fer they won’t make no damn sense. Go by his tone, and ye’ll know if he’s mean and lying.” Granpa was pretty much down on having.

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    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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    The Indian never fishes or hunts for sport, only for food. Granpa said it was the silliest damn thing in the world to go around killing something for sport. He said the whole thing, more than likely, was thought up by politicians between wars when they wasn’t gittin’ people killed so they could keep their hand in on killing. Granpa said that idjits taken it up without a lick of thinking at it, but if you could check it out – politicians started it. Which is likely. We.

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    They now have sensed him coming The forest and the wood-wind Father mountain makes him welcome with his song. They have no fear of Little Tree They know his heart is kindness And they sing, ‘Little tree is not alone.’ Even.

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    I knew I was Little Tree, and I was happy that they loved me and wanted me. And so I slept, and I did not cry.

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    Fall is nature’s grace time; giving you a chance to put things in order, for the dying.

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