The Dust Bowl was a time of great hardship in the early 1930s for parts of Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. Most people who lived in these areas relied on farming to survive, and the dust storms that raged during the Dust Bowl eroded the soil quality. As a result, many people moved out of the area, searching for a better life.
The Dust Bowl Quotes in Out of the Dust
The Out of the Dust quotes below are all either spoken by The Dust Bowl or refer to The Dust Bowl. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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3. Losing Livie
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Now Livie’s gone west,
out of the dust
on her way to California
where the wind takes a rest sometimes.
And I’m wondering what kind of friend I am,
wanting my feet on that road to another place,
instead of Livie’s.
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30. Dionne Quintuplets
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I looked at Ma
so pregnant with one baby.
“Can you imagine five?” I said.
Ma lowered herself into a chair.
Tears dropping on her tight stretched belly,
she wept
just to think of it.
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