Brian

“Every schoolboy knows that the Indians used every part of the buffalo, which is true. But they did not use every part of every buffalo.”
― Steven Rinella, American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon

“Indians only needed so many implements and decorations. If a tribe drove three hundred buffalo over a cliff, they wouldn’t feel obligated to make twenty-four hundred buffalo-hoof spoons and six hundred buffalo-horn charcoal carriers. Rather, they might just take the meat and hides from the best-looking female buffalo, those that weren’t too smashed up or buried under other buffalo. That might be all they touched. After all, their time and energy had value, just as ours does.”
― Steven Rinella, American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon

“but for me—a fast-growing thirteen-year-old—the most alarming thing was when we sat down to our first meal. I couldn’t believe the dish that appeared in front of me. They served us dog meat. Yes, dog meat. The stench was overpowering.”
― Masaji Ishikawa, A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea

“It is not in a woman's best interest to rule man. I don't believe any good women would want that position." - Ayn Rand”
― Brooke Bida