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> [“These church-goers," Gabriel felt obliged to fill the silence, "they talk about respect, and love and peace and all that jazz, and the minute they're out of that church, they're just as mean and selfish as they were before. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tomson-highway/these-church-goers-gabriel-felt-obliged-to-fill-the-silence-they-talk/)

[Tomson Highway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tomson-highway/)

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## More by Tomson Highway

> [“But Gabriel saw people talking to the sky, the sky replying. And he knew he had to learn this dance. Someday soon, he may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tomson-highway/but-gabriel-saw-people-talking-to-the-sky-the-sky-replying-and-he/)

[Tomson Highway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tomson-highway/)

> [“if machipoowamoowin, bad dream power, was obvioulsy powerful enough to snuff out a human life, then would not mithoopoowamoowin, good dream power, be as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tomson-highway/if-machipoowamoowin-bad-dream-power-was-obvioulsy-powerful-enough-to/)

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> [“Yes, but Father," he wanted to say from the back seat of a rapidly filling bus, "you never told us how to spend time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tomson-highway/yes-but-father-he-wanted-to-say-from-the-back-seat-of-a-rapidly/)

[Tomson Highway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tomson-highway/)

> [“Yet he knew that destiny played with lives; the most a parent could do was help steer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tomson-highway/yet-he-knew-that-destiny-played-with-lives-the-most-a-parent-could-do/)

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> [“The Trickster, of course," Gabriel finally answered himself, "Weesageechak for sure. The clown who bridges humanity and God - a God who laughs, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tomson-highway/the-trickster-of-course-gabriel-finally-answered-himself-weesageechak/)

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> [There's a major fault in Western society. It makes room for only one god, and in only one gender. There's no balance, no co-existence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tomson-highway/there-s-a-major-fault-in-western-society-it-makes-room-for-only-one/)

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> [“Wars start when two parties haven't taken the time to learn each other's tongues”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tomson-highway/wars-start-when-two-parties-haven-t-taken-the-time-to-learn-each/)

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> [“These church-goers," Gabriel felt obliged to fill the silence, "they talk about respect, and love and peace and all that jazz, and the minute…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tomson-highway/these-church-goers-gabriel-felt-obliged-to-fill-the-silence-they-talk/)

[Tomson Highway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tomson-highway/)

> [“I mean, if Native languages have no gender, then why should we? And why, for that matter, should God?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tomson-highway/i-mean-if-native-languages-have-no-gender-then-why-should-we-and-why/)

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> [“Don't mourn me. Be joyful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tomson-highway/don-t-mourn-me-be-joyful/)

[Tomson Highway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tomson-highway/)

> [English is so hierarchical. In Cree, we don't have animate-inanimate comparisons between things. Animals have souls that are equal to ours. Rocks have souls,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tomson-highway/english-is-so-hierarchical-in-cree-we-don-t-have-animate-inanimate/)

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