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The Beet Queen
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"The Beet Queen" Quotes

"The Beet Queen" follows the lives of two Ojibwe sisters and their connection to a small town in North Dakota.

Quotes

All the love she had inside her, and she gave none of it to me.

Louise Erdrich

lovefamily

He was a man who had no need for others.

Louise Erdrich

independence

There was nothing she couldn't handle.

Louise Erdrich

strength

Some people are born to be hurt.

Louise Erdrich

pain

She was a woman who believed in herself.

Louise Erdrich

self-confidence

I want to be great.

Louise Erdrich

ambition

I never knew that you could be so strong and so weak at the same time.

Louise Erdrich

emotions

She was angry, but she was still herself.

Louise Erdrich

anger

The human heart is a strange place.

Louise Erdrich

emotion

To be a person, to be a human being, was to be half in love with death.

Louise Erdrich

lifedeath