Aimée Thurlo > Quotes

“Without hope, you stopped moving forward and reaching toward the next goal, and you died inside long before you took your last breath.”
― Aimée Thurlo

“Sometimes a person’s greatest loss lay in risks not taken.”
― Aimee Thurlo, Undercover Warrior

“Sometimes the enemy that was hardest to fight was the one within yourself.”
― Aimee Thurlo, Undercover Warrior

“For dogs there was no “later” or “tomorrow.” There was simply now. There”
― Aimée Thurlo, Bad Samaritan

“He smiled. “You look like an angel, but you’ve got a core of steel, Kim.” “Most women do,” she answered.”
― Aimée Thurlo, Eagle's Last Stand

“Kev, life isn’t about what you’re handed. It’s about what you strive for. To really succeed in life, Dawn will need to find a dream. Then she’ll need the hope and courage it’ll take to follow her heart and make her dream come true.”
― Aimée Thurlo, Coyote's Wife

“It’s easy to condemn when you don’t have to prove your allegations”
― Aimée Thurlo, Bad Medicine

“And you’re right. Winter Thunder is not used in sandpaintings because he’s unreliable and can cause problems, and White Thunder isn’t just a troublemaker—he’s evil.”
― Aimée Thurlo, White Thunder

“really blew it, you know. Don’t ever try to protect her from something like this, even if it’s just for a short while. It’ll cost you her trust. As it is, it’s going to take a long time for you to repair the damage already done.”
― Aimée Thurlo, Death Walker

“At my age, you learn not to take time for granted. There’s more life behind me than there is ahead of me, but our tribe still needs me. When my time finally comes I want the People to remember that I was here once, and that I lived a life that made a difference.”
― Aimée Thurlo, Changing Woman

“I will get the ones who did this to you. You would have said my motive is revenge, and asked instead that I forgive. But evil can’t be left unchecked; otherwise it continues to destroy. The scales must be balanced.”
― Aimée Thurlo, Blackening Song

“A rotting corpse smells sweeter than a crooked politician.”
― Aimée Thurlo, Bad Medicine

“You’re looking for signs of humanity within the form of the beast, but you won’t find it. Those who choose to follow evil eventually lose themselves and become more beast than man.”
― Aimée Thurlo, Blackening Song

“Ella smiled. “Progress isn’t always a road without obstructions.”
― Aimée Thurlo, Enemy Way

“The news didn’t give any comfort. Some of the worst felons throughout history had been ones who’d professed to be acting according to their highest sense of right.”
― Aimée Thurlo, Earthway

“But that was okay. Accepting the differences between them was also part of walking in beauty.”
― Aimée Thurlo, White Thunder

“I can’t be more specific than that. You see, how much you accept, how much you choose to develop, isn’t foreordained. It’s up to you.” Ella didn’t argue; she agreed, at least in part. Any talent or gift needed to be developed.”
― Aimée Thurlo, Blackening Song

“Rose answered her unspoken thought. “You’re my daughter. My love for you isn’t measured in what you accomplish or fail to achieve. It’s there. Always.”
― Aimée Thurlo, Blackening Song

“Begging doesn’t do any good. If you have to, you’ve already lost,”
― Aimée Thurlo, Shooting Chant

“Wilson was a charismatic professor, and didn’t lecture his students as much as he presented, questioned, and discussed a topic, getting them involved in the process of learning. She knew he also placed a lot of emphasis on student activities and laboratory work, what he called “hands-on” learning, which made his courses especially popular and valuable to the college as well.”
― Aimée Thurlo, Tracking Bear

“In ritual, Big Fly was said to have knowledge of many things and places, since he was free to travel everywhere. He was said to warn and inform Holy Man.”
― Aimée Thurlo, Death Walker

“Even if you don’t believe in magic yourself, Sister, you must recognize that others do and are willing to act on such beliefs.”
― Aimée Thurlo, Blackening Song

“That was a lesson she’d learned from history. Sometimes irreparable harm was done by those who tried to do what they thought was best for others.”
― Aimée Thurlo, Death Walker