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> [I have always kept notebooks and I go back to them over and over. They are my compost pile of ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-erdrich/i-have-always-kept-notebooks-and-i-go-back-to-them-over-and-over-they/)

[Louise Erdrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-erdrich/)

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## More by Louise Erdrich

> [Can you stop your mother from singing to you? Who would do such a thing?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-erdrich/can-you-stop-your-mother-from-singing-to-you-who-would-do-such-a-thing/)

[Louise Erdrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-erdrich/)

> [“Emotions unreel in her like spools of cotton.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-erdrich/emotions-unreel-in-her-like-spools-of-cotton/)

[Louise Erdrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-erdrich/)

> [“Other freshmen were already moving into their dormitory rooms when we arrived, with their parents helping haul. I saw boxes of paperbacks, stereo equipment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-erdrich/other-freshmen-were-already-moving-into-their-dormitory-rooms-when-we/)

[Louise Erdrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-erdrich/)

> [My father is my biggest literary influence. Recently, I've been looking through his letters. He was in the National Guard when I was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-erdrich/my-father-is-my-biggest-literary-influence-recently-i-ve-been-looking/)

[Louise Erdrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-erdrich/)

> [What is this life but the sound of an appalling love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-erdrich/what-is-this-life-but-the-sound-of-an-appalling-love/)

[Louise Erdrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-erdrich/)

> [Looking at the shape of the world, I see how we're in a time where women are the subject of hatred, fear, and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-erdrich/looking-at-the-shape-of-the-world-i-see-how-we-re-in-a-time-where/)

[Louise Erdrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-erdrich/)

> [She had always been a reader… but now she was obsessed. Since her discovery of the book hoard downstairs from her job, she’d been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-erdrich/she-had-always-been-a-reader-but-now-she-was-obsessed-since-her/)

[Louise Erdrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-erdrich/)

> [Time was rushing around me like water around a big wet rock. The only difference is, I was not so durable as stones. Very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-erdrich/time-was-rushing-around-me-like-water-around-a-big-wet-rock-the-only/)

[Louise Erdrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-erdrich/)

> [The greatest wisdom doesn't know itself. The richest plan is not to have one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-erdrich/the-greatest-wisdom-doesn-t-know-itself-the-richest-plan-is-not-to/)

[Louise Erdrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-erdrich/)

> [“Delphine began to read with a mad attention when she wanted to talk to Clarisse. She saw that in her life there was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-erdrich/delphine-began-to-read-with-a-mad-attention-when-she-wanted-to-talk/)

[Louise Erdrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-erdrich/)

> [But if there was embellishment, it only had to do with the facts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-erdrich/but-if-there-was-embellishment-it-only-had-to-do-with-the-facts/)

[Louise Erdrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-erdrich/)

> [Things which do not grow and change are dead things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-erdrich/things-which-do-not-grow-and-change-are-dead-things/)

[Louise Erdrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-erdrich/)

> [I have to write. I have to be an artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-erdrich/i-have-to-write-i-have-to-be-an-artist/)

[Louise Erdrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-erdrich/)

> [“The Creator made us for each other. Me here. Zelia there. Space was put between us by human error. But our hearts listened to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-erdrich/the-creator-made-us-for-each-other-me-here-zelia-there-space-was-put/)

[Louise Erdrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-erdrich/)

> [So many things in the world have happened before. But it's like they never did. Every new thing that happens to a person, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-erdrich/so-many-things-in-the-world-have-happened-before-but-it-s-like-they/)

[Louise Erdrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-erdrich/)

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