122 Quotes by Jean M. Auel

They stopped for a moment to watch the evening sky transform itself in a show of dazzling radiance as gold transmuted into shades of vermilion that waned into shimmering purple, then darkened to deep blue as the first glittering sky fires appeared. Soon the sooty black night became a backdrop to the multitude of blazing lights that filled the summer sky, with a concentrated accumulation wending its way like a path across the vault above.

She didn’t think anything could ever spoil her happiness as she filled her gathering basket with nuts.

They are lazy, worthless men who contribute nothing, unless they’re shamed into it, and they have little shame.

The ones that counted were the ones that cared.

That is truly the loss of innocence, Ayla, when we understand what we must do in order to live. That.

Works of art were not just the finished product, but the thought, the action, the process that created them.

Sorry. That is courtesy, right? Custom? Jondalar, what good are words like sorry? It doesn’t change anything, it doesn’t make me feel any better.” He pulled his hand through his hair. She was right. Whatever he had done – and he thought he knew what it was – being sorry didn’t help.

No, Nezzie. No medicine can make him well,’ she replied in a firm voice that was tinged with sorrow.

Children are always a joy, but pain, too. And they all must lead their own lives. Even Mut will let Her children go their own way, someday, but I fear for us if we ever neglect Her. If we forget to respect our Great Earth Mother, She will withhold Her blessings, and no longer provide for us.