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"Alexander McGillivray could teach Mr. "Art of the Deal" a thing or two. Presenting himself as the sole leader of the Creek people, he played the countries who courted him off one another, winning many privately enriching concessions along the way, while frustrating natives and colonialists alike. Still, he managed to protect Creek lands & culture for another generation, a solace not afforded other Indian nations." — Mar 07, 2019 10:38PM
"Alexander McGillivray could teach Mr. "Art of the Deal" a thing or two. Presenting himself as the sole leader of the Creek people, he played the countries who courted him off one another, winning many privately enriching concessions along the way, while frustrating natives and colonialists alike. Still, he managed to protect Creek lands & culture for another generation, a solace not afforded other Indian nations." — Mar 07, 2019 10:38PM
“Do not be daunted by the insurmountability of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work but neither are you free to abandon it.”
― Hebraic Literature: Translations From the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala
― Hebraic Literature: Translations From the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala
“When you told me that I want too much, I considered how much you take.”
― Heart Berries
― Heart Berries
“I have heard all of the stories about girls like me, and I am unafraid to make more of them.”
― Her Body and Other Parties
― Her Body and Other Parties
“You return to that earlier time armed with the present, and no matter how dark that world was, you do not leave it unlit. You take your adult self with you. It is not to be a reliving, but a rewitnessing.”
― Warlight
― Warlight
“In white culture, forgiveness is synonymous with letting go. In my culture, I believe we carry pain until we can reconcile with it through ceremony. Pain is not framed like a problem with a solution. I don’t even know that white people see transcendence the way we do. I’m not sure that their dichotomies apply to me.”
― Heart Berries
― Heart Berries
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