"I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures."

Childhood, Light, Nothing, Sun, Wind

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"I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures."

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"I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us. There is one God looking down on us all. We are all the children of one God. The sun, the darkness, the winds are all listening to what we have to say."

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"I was no chief and never had been, but because I had been more deeply wronged than others, this honor was conferred upon me, and I resolved to prove worthy of the trust."

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"I was warmed by the sun, rocked by the winds and sheltered by the trees as other Indian babes. I was living peaceably when people began to speak bad of me. Now I can eat well, sleep well and be glad. I can go everywhere with a good feeling."

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"The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians."

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"While living I want to live well."

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"I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures."

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"When I make a book, I make it for the child and not for the parent - no jokes in it for the parents!"

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"Pear Drops were exciting because they had a dangerous taste. All of us were warned against eating them, and the result was that we ate them more than ever."

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"My boyhood saw Greek islands floating over Harvard Square."

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"When I first started teaching at Berkeley in 1958, I could not announce that I was gay to anybody, though probably quite a few of my fellow teachers knew."

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"I've always liked getting away with just a little bit of what you're not supposed to. Like my first book, Billy's Booger, got me in trouble with the principal's office."

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"And they're also very good at math, these super boogers, and so they teach Billy the ways of mathematics."

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