“If we fear something, it is all the more imperative we study it thoroughly.”
― Our Missing Hearts
― Our Missing Hearts
“No sign of her anywhere here. Signs of her everywhere here.”
― Our Missing Hearts
― Our Missing Hearts
“There's no need to talk about it, because the truth of what one says lies in what one does.”
― The Reader
― The Reader
“There is a long history, in the U.S. and elsewhere, of removing children as a means of political control.”
― Our Missing Hearts
― Our Missing Hearts
“There is no word for goodbye in Lakota. That's what my mother used to tell me. Sure, there are words like toksa, which meant "later," that were used by people as a modern substitute. She'd told me later that the Lakota people didn't use a term for farewell because of the idea that we are forever connected. To say goodbye would mean the circle was broken.”
― Winter Counts
― Winter Counts
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