☆Amanda Cresse

“Here in the United States, very little effort has been made to voice formal apologies, make reparations, or pass political mandates about education. Yet this country was founded in part by genocidal policies directed at Native Americans and the enslavement of Black people. Both of these things are morally repugnant. Still I love my country. In fact, it is because I love my country that I want to make sure the mistakes of our past do not get repeated. We cannot afford to cover over the dark chapters of our history, as we have for decades upon decades. It is time for that to stop.”
― Anton Treuer, Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask: Young Readers Edition

“The grief world isn't closer to where the dead live," the doctor says. " You only trick yourself into believing that. If you stand up and move around and look at the living world, and start participating again, you're closer to them anyway.”
― Stephanie Oakes. The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly

“. . . we are souls. We have bodies, which are just temporary houses for our souls. . .The body is a container.”
― Anton Treuer, Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask: Young Readers Edition

“It's good to stay motivated, but if you're putting so much pressure on yourself that you're making yourself unhappy, that's not good. Try not to be so hard on yourself, okay? Set a pace you're comfortable with. Enjoy the journey.”
― Akemi Dawn Bowman, Harley in the Sky