“And while I could not always suppress the violent thoughts that raged inside me, I would nevertheless dedicate my life to seeking alternatives to physical violence, and would wrestle continually with the problem of transforming psychicviolence into creative energy”
― Song in a Weary Throat: Memoir of an American Pilgrimage
― Song in a Weary Throat: Memoir of an American Pilgrimage
“If you get nothing else from this letter, understand that I never knew how to love. I dreamed of it, but I never experienced it. What I knew was pain. So that’s what I gave you.”
― Don't Cry for Me
― Don't Cry for Me
“Before the white man can relate to others he must forego the pleasure of defining them. The white man must learn to stop viewing history as a plot against himself.”
― Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto
― Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto
“Don’t get mad, get smart,”
― Song in a Weary Throat: Memoir of an American Pilgrimage
― Song in a Weary Throat: Memoir of an American Pilgrimage
“All work is prostitution. And all work is love as well”
― Pink
― Pink
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