Quotes from The Endearment

LaVyrle Spencer ·  340 pages

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“Life must not be squandered. A person got from life what he put ino it.”
― LaVyrle Spencer, quote from The Endearment


“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.”
― LaVyrle Spencer, quote from The Endearment


“A good logger does not raze the forest, but only thins it.”
― LaVyrle Spencer, quote from The Endearment


“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.”
― LaVyrle Spencer, quote from The Endearment


“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!”
― LaVyrle Spencer, quote from The Endearment



“the wilderness. Who in his right mind would not want someone to take care of these unpalatable household tasks?”
― LaVyrle Spencer, quote from The Endearment


About the author

LaVyrle Spencer
Born place: in Browerville, Minnesota, The United States
Born date July 17, 1943
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