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“Everything ceased. She listened hard. Nothing, nothing, nothing. But she could feel the calm breathing of the night. She put on her mother’s mitts, took the ax, stepped out the door. Outside, there was resounding silence. The black sky was a poem beyond meaning.”
― Louise Erdrich, The Night Watchman

“And Patrice thought another thing her mother said was definitely true—you never really knew a man until you told him you didn’t love him. That’s when his true ugliness, submerged to charm you, might surface.”
― Louise Erdrich, The Night Watchman

“The lesson will always repeat itself, unless you see yourself as the problem--not others.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“The services that the government provides to Indians might be likened to rent. The rent for use of the entire country of the United States. *”
― Louise Erdrich, The Night Watchman