--- title: "1 Break Think Quotes By Joy Harjo" description: "1 Break Think quotes by Joy Harjo. Plus more from Joy Harjo and more Break Think sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/114/joy-harjo-14629_being-present_if-i-think-behind-me-i-might-break-if-i_2012303.png" --- > [“If I think behind me, I might break. If I think forward, I lose now. Forever will be a day like this Strung perfectly on the necklace of days.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-harjo/if-i-think-behind-me-i-might-break-if-i-think-forward-i-lose-now/) [Joy Harjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-harjo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/114/joy-harjo-14629_being-present_if-i-think-behind-me-i-might-break-if-i_2012303.png) ## More by Joy Harjo > [If we cry more tears we will ruin the land with salt; instead let's praise that which would distract us with despair. Make a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-harjo/if-we-cry-more-tears-we-will-ruin-the-land-with-salt-instead-let-s/) [Joy Harjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-harjo/) > [“This morning when I looked out the roof window before dawn and a few stars were still caught in the fragile weft of ebony…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-harjo/this-morning-when-i-looked-out-the-roof-window-before-dawn-and-a-few/) [Joy Harjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-harjo/) > [“The songs of the guardians of silence are the most powerful—”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-harjo/the-songs-of-the-guardians-of-silence-are-the-most-powerful/) [Joy Harjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-harjo/) > [“I know I walk in and out of several worlds each day.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-harjo/i-know-i-walk-in-and-out-of-several-worlds-each-day/) [Joy Harjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-harjo/) > [In Isleta the rainbow was a crack in the universe. We saw the barest of all life that is possible. Bright horses rolled over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-harjo/in-isleta-the-rainbow-was-a-crack-in-the-universe-we-saw-the-barest/) [Joy Harjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-harjo/) > [A story matrix connects all of us. There are rules, processes, and circles of responsibility in this world. And the story begins exactly where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-harjo/a-story-matrix-connects-all-of-us-there-are-rules-processes-and/) [Joy Harjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-harjo/) > [“Be respectful of the small insects, birds and animal people who accompany you. Ask their forgiveness for the harm we humans have brought down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-harjo/be-respectful-of-the-small-insects-birds-and-animal-people-who/) [Joy Harjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-harjo/) > [I can hear the sizzle of newborn stars, and know anything of meaning, of the fierce magic emerging here. I am witness to flexible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-harjo/i-can-hear-the-sizzle-of-newborn-stars-and-know-anything-of-meaning/) [Joy Harjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-harjo/) > [“It's possible to understand the world from studying a leaf. You can comprehend the laws of aerodynamics, mathematics, poetry and biology through the complex…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-harjo/it-s-possible-to-understand-the-world-from-studying-a-leaf-you-can/) [Joy Harjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-harjo/) > [Remember the plants, trees, animal life who all have their families, their histories too. Talk to them, listen to them. They are alive poems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-harjo/remember-the-plants-trees-animal-life-who-all-have-their-families/) [Joy Harjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-harjo/) > [There is no separation. We are all from the same place. As long as there is respect and acknowledgement of connections, things continue working.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-harjo/there-is-no-separation-we-are-all-from-the-same-place-as-long-as/) [Joy Harjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-harjo/) > [“I release you, my beautiful and terrible fear. I release you. You were my beloved and hate twin, but now, I don't know you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-harjo/i-release-you-my-beautiful-and-terrible-fear-i-release-you-you-were/) [Joy Harjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-harjo/) > [Perhaps the world will end at the kitchen table, while we are laughing and crying, eating of the last sweet bite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-harjo/perhaps-the-world-will-end-at-the-kitchen-table-while-we-are-laughing/) [Joy Harjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-harjo/) > [At least I've had to come to that in my life, to realize that this stuff called failure, this stuff, this debris of historical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-harjo/at-least-i-ve-had-to-come-to-that-in-my-life-to-realize-that-this/) [Joy Harjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-harjo/) > [I listen to the gunfire we cannot hear, and begin this journey with the light of knowing the root of my own furious love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-harjo/i-listen-to-the-gunfire-we-cannot-hear-and-begin-this-journey-with/) [Joy Harjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-harjo/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/break-think/joy-harjo/#itemlist", "name": "1 Break Think Quotes By Joy Harjo", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If I think behind me, I might break. 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