Quote by: Gene Stratton-Porter

The Limberlost is life. Here it is a carefully kept park. You motor, sail and golf, all so secure and fine. But what I like is the excitement of choosing a path carefully, in the fear that the quagmire may reach out and suck me down; I even enjoy seeing an old canny vulture eyeing me as if it were saying, ‘ware the sting of the rattler, lest I pick your bones as I did old Limber’s. I like sufficient danger to put an edge on things. This is all so tame.


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Author Bio


  • NameGene Stratton-Porter
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • AliasesGeneva Grace Stratton
  • BornAugust 17, 1863
  • DiedDecember 6, 1924
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionNovelist; Illustrator; Photographer
  • WorksA Girl Of The Limberlost; Freckles