Helen Hunt Jackson
Poet
1830-10-15 – 1885-08-12
Helen Hunt Jackson was an American poet and writer known for the novel Ramona and her advocacy for Native American rights. Her nonfiction work A Century of Dishonor criticized U.S. policy toward Native peoples.
Quotes by Helen Hunt Jackson
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Bee to the blossom, moth to the flame; Each to his passion; what's in a name?
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Bee to the blossom, moth to the flame; Each to his passion; what's in a name?
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As soon as I began, it seemed impossible to write fast enough - I wrote faster than I would write a letter - two thousand to three thousand words in a morning, and I cannot help it.
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O month when they who love must love and wed.
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Oh, write of me, not 'Died in bitter pains' but 'Emigrated to another star!'
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Oh, write of me not Died in bitter pains, But Emigrated to another star!
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The woman who creates and sustains a home, and under whose hands children grow up to be strong and pure men and woman is a creator second only to God.
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