The Endearment

Life must not be squandered. A person got from life what he put ino it.

Sometimes we must do things, plenty scared or not. To be able to say afterward,`I was plenty scared`makes a man a bigger man, not a smaller one.

A good logger does not raze the forest, but only thins it.

A man does what must be done,' Karl said, trying to concentrate on his board-making. "But you never complain." 'What good would complaining do? A job takes so many hours of work, complaining will not shorten those hours.

It seems you are the kind of squaw those Indians would like to have, but make sure they don't! One who keeps her men in line!

the wilderness. Who in his right mind would not want someone to take care of these unpalatable household tasks?