“In the beginning there were the swamp, the hoe – and Jussi.”
Opening words.
Under the North Star
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Finnish writer 1920–1992Related quotes
“Hoe a row until it is done, and then hoe another one.”
Cows, Kids, and Co-ops

“There is peace in the swamp, though the quiet is Death”
East and West Poems, Part I, The Copperhead.

“Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.”
A Land of Plenty, regarding Australia, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“I care not who hoes the lettuce of my country if I can eat the salad!”
"Mr. Icky"
Quoted, Tales of the Jazz Age (1922)

For My Legionaries: The Iron Guard (1936), Jewish Problem
“I call [my music] ho-wop. It's the flavor of hip-hop, the flavor of doo-wop, and hoes.”
Quotes from interviews

“That's American English for you: more roots than a mangrove swamp.”
Alphabet Juice (2008), p. 359.