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“He used sweet wine in place of life because he didn't have any more life to use.”
― Revenge of the Lawn / The Abortion / So the Wind Won't Blow it All Away
― Revenge of the Lawn / The Abortion / So the Wind Won't Blow it All Away
“There was no hope on earth, and God seemed to have forgotten us. Some said they saw the Son of God; others did not see Him. If He had come, He would do some great things as He had done before. We doubted it because we had seen neither Him nor His works.”
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“Watch, listen, and then act, they told us. This is the way to live.”
― Neither Wolf nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder
― Neither Wolf nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder
“The river loved to tell everybody (everybody being the sky, the wind, the few trees that grew around there, birds, deer and even the stars if you can believe that) what a great river it was. "I come roaring from the earth and return roaring to the earth. I am the master of my waters. I am the mother and father of myself. I don't need a single drop of rain. Look at my smooth strong white muscles. I am my own future!”
― Revenge of the Lawn / The Abortion / So the Wind Won't Blow it All Away
― Revenge of the Lawn / The Abortion / So the Wind Won't Blow it All Away
“Our old people noticed this from the beginning. They said that the white man lived in a world of cages, and that if we didn't look out, they would make us live in cages too.
So we started noticing. Everything looked like cages. Your clothes fit like cages. Your houses looked like cages. You put your fences around your yards so they looked like cages. Everything was a cage. You turned the land into cages. Little squares.
Then after you had all these cages you made a government to protect these cages. And that government was all cages. All laws about what you couldn't do. The only freedom you had was inside your own cage. Then you wondered why you weren't happy and didn't feel free. You made all the cages, the you wondered why you didn't feel free.”
― Neither Wolf Nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads With an Indian Elder
So we started noticing. Everything looked like cages. Your clothes fit like cages. Your houses looked like cages. You put your fences around your yards so they looked like cages. Everything was a cage. You turned the land into cages. Little squares.
Then after you had all these cages you made a government to protect these cages. And that government was all cages. All laws about what you couldn't do. The only freedom you had was inside your own cage. Then you wondered why you weren't happy and didn't feel free. You made all the cages, the you wondered why you didn't feel free.”
― Neither Wolf Nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads With an Indian Elder
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