Joseph Bruchac Quotes

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• We need to walk to know sacred places, those around us and those within. We need to walk to remember the songs.
• Another of the hard things about being in a war, grandchildren, is that although there are times of quiet when the fighting has stopped, you…
• The best teachers have shown me that things have to be done bit by bit. Nothing that means anything happens quickly - we only think…
• Guilt can make you doubt yourself at the very moment when you need to proceed with certainty.
• As long as we can remember them, our families will always be with us.
• It is important to understand that there are many different ways of seeing the world and expressing the wisdom of Native belief...No one voice speaks…
• Do we make ourselves into what we become or is it built into our genes, into the fate spun for us by whatever shapes events?
• The best teachers have showed me that things have to be done bit by bit. Nothing that means anything happens quickly--we only think it does.…
• When the Lakota leader Sitting Bull was asked by a white reporter why his people loved and respected him, Sitting Bull replied by asking if…
• There is a kind of certainty that seems to characterize Jared Smith's best work, an understanding about place and the flow of spirit that makes…
• There are many people who could claim and learn from their Indian ancestry, but because of the fear their parents and grandparents knew, because of…
• Strong words outlast the paper they are written upon.
• If it wasn't for good," my mother says, "we human beings would have been wiped out a long time ago. Either the monsters would have…
• A story is a burden which must be carried with as much care as we carry a sleeping child
• Kill every enemy twice, Wilky said. Better than gettin' shot by a soldier pretending to be dead.
• Never think that war is a good thing, grandchildren. Though it may be necessary at times to defend our people, war is a sickness that…

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