Heart Quotes by Louise Erdrich

I have never fully exorcised shames that struck me to the heart as a child except through written violence, shadowy caricature, and…

— Louise Erdrich

You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk…

— Louise Erdrich

Freedom, I found is not only in the running but in the heart, the mind, the hands.

— Louise Erdrich

Your life feels different on you, once you greet death and understand your heart's position.

— Louise Erdrich

“Albertine was one of those who took on too much in order to remain perpetually dissatisfied with herself.”

— Louise Erdrich

We do know that no one gets wise enough to really understand the heart of another, though it is the task of…

— Louise Erdrich

“Delphine began to read with a mad attention when she wanted to talk to Clarisse. She saw that in her life there…

— Louise Erdrich

Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with…

— Louise Erdrich

“Delphine witnessed awful things occurring to other humans. Worse than that, she was powerless to alter their fate. It would be that…

— Louise Erdrich

“He always had trouble opening his heart. Tonight it was stuck again. It was a wooden chest secured by locked iron bands.…

— Louise Erdrich

Love won't be tampered with, love won't go away. Push it to one side and it creeps to the other. Throw it…

— Louise Erdrich

“When she shut her eyes, her mind grew alert. Her senses opened. All around her, she felt how quickly things formed and…

— Louise Erdrich

In our own beginnings, we are formed out of the body's interior landscape. For a short while, our mothers' bodies are the…

— Louise Erdrich