Helen Hunt Jackson

“If I could write a story that would do for the Indian a thousandth part what Uncle Tom's Cabin did for the Negro, I would be thankful the rest of my life.”

“The history of the Government's dealings with the Indians is a shameful record of broken treaties and unfulfilled promises.”

“When you have a friend, you are never alone.”

“O, write of me, not 'Died in bitter pains,' but 'Emigrated to another star!'”

“Conscience is a creator of meaning.”

“To be misunderstood is the portion of every one who has anything to say.”

“The golden-rod is yellow, The corn is turning brown, The trees in apple orchards With fruit are bending down.”

“O suns and skies and clouds of June, and flowers of June together, Ye cannot rival for one hour October's bright blue weather.”

“It is a sore cross to bear, not to be able to speak, when one is full of matter.”

“My 'Century of Dishonor' and 'Ramona' are the only things I have done for which I am glad.... They will live, and... bear fruit.”

“There is not in the world a more ignoble character than the mere money-getting American.”

“By all these lovely tokens September days are here, With summer's best of weather And autumn's best of cheer.”

“There is a Schindler's list of facts about our dealings with the Indians, which have been shamefully concealed.”