--- title: "1 Story Begins Quotes By Joy Harjo" description: "1 Story Begins quotes by Joy Harjo. Plus more from Joy Harjo and more Story Begins sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95f/joy-harjo-14629_circles_a-story-matrix-connects-all-of-us-there_490609.jpg" --- > [A story matrix connects all of us. There are rules, processes, and circles of responsibility in this world. And the story begins exactly where it is supposed to begin. We cannot skip any part.](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95f/joy-harjo-14629_circles_a-story-matrix-connects-all-of-us-there_490609.jpg) ## 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/story-begins/joy-harjo/#itemlist", "name": "1 Story Begins Quotes By Joy Harjo", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A story matrix connects all of us. 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