Down deep we all hug something. The great forest hugs its s… - Emily Carr

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Down deep we all hug something. The great forest hugs its silence. The sea and the air hug the spilled cries of sea-birds. The forest hugs only silence; its birds and even its beasts are mute. It must have hurt the Indians dreadfully to have the things they had always believed trampled on and torn from their hugging.

Emily Carr

Klee Wyck · March 11, 2004 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Emily Carr (13 December 1871 – 2 March 1945) was a Canadian artist and writer.

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Alternative Names: M. Emily Carr • Emily M. Carr • Klee Wyck

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