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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings was an American author renowned for her works set in the Florida Everglades. Her novel 'The Yearling' earned her the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1939. Born on August 8, 1896, Rawlings passed away on December 14, 1953.

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Famous Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Quotes

“She lives a sophisticate's life among worldly people. At the slightest excuse she steps out of civilization, naked and relieved, as I should step out of a soiled chemise.”

People Should Steps Civilization Excuse Naked Clothings Worldly Relieved

Book:Cross Creek

Source: Cross Creek

“It seemed a strange thing to him, when earth was earth and rain was rain, that scrawny pines should grow in the scrub, while by every branch and lake and river there grew magnolias. Dogs were the same everywhere, and oxen and mules and horses. But trees were different in different places.”

Should Different Earth Grows Tree Dog Strange Grew Rain Rivers Horse Branches Lakes Different Place Strange Things Mules Magnolias Oxen

Book:The Yearling

Source: The Yearling

“...a pie so delicate, so luscious, that I hope to be propped up on my dying bed and fed a generous portion. Then I think that I should refuse outright to die, for life would be too good to relinquish.”

Thinking Should Would Be Dies Dying Bed Refuse Generous Feds Delicate Portions Pie Delicate Life

Book:Cross Creek Cookery

Source: Cross Creek Cookery

“No man should have proprietary rights over land who does not use that land wisely and lovingly.”

Men Should Doe Use Rights Land Should Have

Book:Cross Creek

Source: Cross Creek

“For myself, the Creek satisfies a thing that had gone hungry and unfed since childhood days. I am often lonely. Who is not? But I should be lonelier in the heart of a city.”

Should Heart Cities Gone Childhood Lonely Hungry Creeks

Book:Cross Creek

Source: Cross Creek

About the Author

Born: August 8, 1896
Died: December 14, 1953
Known for: Author
Quotes: 66

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