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“He had fallen in love with this wild, beautiful country and everything it contained. It was the kind of love people dream of having with other people: selfless and free of doubt, reverent and everlasting.”
Michael Blake, Dances with Wolves
“There are times when a person wants something so badly that price or condition cease to be obstacles.”
Michael Blake, Dances with Wolves
“He did not belong to the Indians. He did not belong to the whites. And it was not time for him to belong to the stars.
He belonged right where he was. He belonged nowhere.”
Michael Blake, Dances with Wolves
“There is no bitterness in Wind In His Hair's heart," he began. "Our minds may choose different paths, but some part of every heart will always be as one. All my life I have been a warrior, and I will not change. I will not die as anything else.
"The whites have taken much from me. They have taken my brothers, my wives, my children. Now they want to take me off the earth upon which I walk. Maybe they will kill me now, and if they do, so be it. I will not take their hands. I will keep my ponies' tails tied up for war."

- Wind In His Hair”
Michael Blake, The Holy Road
“There are many trails in this life, but the one that matters most, few men are able to walk … even Comanche men. It is the trail of a true human being. I think you are on this trail. It is a good thing for me to see. It is good for my heart.”
Michael Blake, Dances with Wolves / The Holy Road
“The first rosy streaks of dawn had broken through the darkness and he watched them in awe as he walked, oblivious to the pant legs that were already sopping with dew. Every day begins with a miracle, he thought suddenly. The streaks were growing larger, changing colors by the second.”
Michael Blake, Dances With Wolves
“Lieutenant Dunbar had fallen in love. He had fallen in love with this wild, beautiful country and everything it contained. It was the kind of love people dream of having with other people: selfless and free of doubt, reverent and everlasting. His”
Michael Blake, Dances With Wolves
“He did not belong to the Indians. He did not belong to the whites. And it was not time for him to belong to the stars.
He belonged right where he was now. He belonged nowhere.”
Michael Blake, Dances with Wolves
“The room was growing lighter, and so was the lieutenant's mood. He steered his thoughts away from the past and into the present. With the zeal of a man content with his place, he began to think about today's phase of the cleanup campaign.”
Michael Blake
“Timmons says to John Dunbar, "Somebody back east is sayin' 'Why don't he write?'".”
Michael Blake
“Il tenente Dumbar non era realmente inghiottito. Ma quella fu la prima parola che gli si fissò in mente.
Tutto era immenso.
Quel vasto cielo azzurro senza una nube. Quell'oceano d'erba che ondeggiava al vento. Null'altro, fino a dove riusciva a spingere lo sguardo. Non una pista, non una traccia di sochi lasciati da altre ruote che il carro potesse seguire.
Solo lo spazio, assoluto e vuoto”
Michael Blake, Dances with Wolves

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