The Mammoth Hunters
Jean M. Auel
Top 10 Best Quotes
“They stared at each other, wanting each other, drawn to each other, but their silent shout of love went unheard in the roar of misunderstanding, and the clatter of culturally ingrained beliefs.”
“You weren't being punished. You were waiting for me.”
“Art was as much in the activity as in the results. Works of art were not just the finished product, but the thought, the action, the process that created them.”
“A person could resist popular belief and stand up for personal principles, and though there may be consequences, not everything would necessarily be lost. In fact, something important might be gained, if only within oneself.”
“She loved him, more than she could ever find words for, but this love he felt for her was not quite the same. It wasn't so much stronger, as more demanding, more insistent. As though he feared he would lose that which he had finally won.”
“Ayla just didn't seem like a woman who was about to join and establish a new hearth with a man she loved. There was no joy, no excitement. Something was missing. Something called Jondalar.”
“A person could resist popular belief and stand up for personal principles, and though there might be consequences, not everything would necessarily be lost. In fact, something important might be gained, if only within oneself.”
“Great Mother!I can't believe it!Now I understand."(Mamut) "I do not understand," Ayla said”
“Now the Spirit of the Cave Lion wants me to leave.” She looked up at the tall man beside her. “Do you think we’ll ever come back?” “No,” he said. There was a hollow ring to his voice. He was looking in the small cave, but he was seeing another place and another time. “Even if you go back to the same place, it’s not the same.”
“No, Nezzie. No medicine can make him well,’ she replied in a firm voice that was tinged with sorrow.”
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process, artistry, beliefs, ayla, jondalar, love, fear, fate, culture, destiny, demanding, romance, creativity, insistent, principles, art
