When I joined Custer I donned the uniform of a soldier. It was a bit awkward at first but I soon got to be perfectly at home in men's clothes.

I figure if a girl wants to be a legend, she should go ahead and be one.

During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.

The bigger a man's gun the smaller his doodlewick.

I'm drunk. Correct. What the f*** is it to you?

Those as don't eat, without exception, fail to survive.

While in El Paso, I met Mr. Clinton Burk, a native of Texas, who I married in August 1885.

On October 28th, 1887, I became the mother of a girl baby, the very image of its father, at least that is what he said, but who has the temper of its mother.

We remained in Texas leading a quiet home life until 1889.

We were ordered out to quell an uprising of the Indians, and were out for several days, had numerous skirmishes during which six of the soldiers were killed and several severely wounded.

I was in Deadwood at the time and on hearing of the killing made my way at once to the scene of the shooting and found that my friend had been killed by McCall.

The fertility cycle is a cycle entirely of living creatures passing again and again through birth, growth, maturity, death, and decay.

Of all the roles I've played, none has been as fulfilling as being a mother.

Men exist for the sake of one another.

Elementary school children are very impressionable

The savage lives simply through ignorance and idleness or laziness, but the philosopher lives simply through wisdom.

I carry my flute around everywhere I go and pull it out. It actually becomes a panacea for me, for things that go on around me. It really gives me relief and calmness, tranquility.

One of my complaints with American TV characters is that they all have a particular schtick, a hook.

One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.

Within my body are all the sacred places of the world, and the most profound pilgrimage I can ever make is within my own body.