“In the end, he said he judged the Bible to be a sound book. Nevertheless, he wondered why the white people were not better than they are, having had it for so long. He promised that just as soon as white people achieved Christianity, he would recommend it to his own folks.”
― Thirteen Moons
― Thirteen Moons
“They fail not because they’re unable to adapt to society’s mores, but because they adapt too well to the rules of poverty and violence that govern the world in which they’re raised. Lawyers”
― A Criminal Defense
― A Criminal Defense
“It is a bad idea to live too long. Few carry it off well.”
― Thirteen Moons
― Thirteen Moons
“That's the way it is at some point in life. An inevitable consequence of living. A lot of things begin falling away.”
― Thirteen Moons
― Thirteen Moons
“I decided that many of Bear’s stories and comments shared a general drift. They advised against fearing all of creation. But not because it is always benign, for it is not. It will, with certainty, consume us all. We are made to be destroyed. We are kindling for the fire, and our lives will stand as naught against the onrush of time. Bear’s position, if I understood it, was that refusal to fear these general terms of existence is an honorable act of defiance.”
― Thirteen Moons
― Thirteen Moons
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