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  "text": "That was the responsibility that went with being human, old Ku’oosh said, the story behind each word must be told so there could be no mistake in the meaning of what had been said; and this demanded great patience and love. (p33)",
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      "text": "[He] said that only humans had to endure anything, because only humans resisted what they saw outside themselves. Animals did not resist. But they persisted, because they became part of the wind. (p24)",
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      "text": "There was something about the way the old man said the word \"comfortable.\" It had a different meaning--not the comfort of big houses or rich food or even clean streets, but the comfort of belonging with the land, and the peace of being with these hills. (p108)",
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      "text": "\"...as long as you remember what you have seen, then nothing is gone. As long as you remember, it is part of this story we have together.\" (p215)",
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