How we cite our quotes:
Quote #4
"If you remember nothing else in your whole life, Cassie girl, remember this: We ain't never gonna lose this land." (7.68)
Never say "Never," Papa—especially considering the danger the land is in at the end of the book. Here, though, Papa tries to reassure Cassie when she's afraid they'll lose the land if they use it to back people's credit.
Quote #5
As we neared the pond, the forest gapped open into a wide, brown glade, man-made by the felling of many trees, some of them still on the ground. They had been cut during the summer after Mr. Andersen came from Strawberry with an offer to buy the trees. The offer was backed with a threat, and Big Ma was afraid. So Andersen's lumbermen came, chopping and sawing, destroying the fine old trees. Papa was away on the railroad then but Mama sent Stacey for him. He returned and stopped the cutting, but not before many of the trees had already fallen. (4.214)
Okay, seriously. This is low behavior. Here, Cassie remembers when a white businessman threatened to make the Logans sell some of their trees. What threats now face the Logan land? What could be the consequences of fighting back against these threats?
Quote #6
"For a while we stood looking again at the destruction, then, sitting on one of our fallen friends, we talked in quiet, respectful tones, observing the soft mourning of the forest" (8.33).
Cassie and Big Ma show respect for their land and the things that are nurtured upon it. So, she's not out cavorting with sparrows and squirrels like Sleeping Beauty, but Cassie does seem to have a real connection with nature throughout the novel.