Michael Dorris

At different states in our lives, the signs of love may vary: dependence, attraction, contentment, worry, loyalty, grief, but at the heart,…

— Michael Dorris

“The World Bank, anxious that the last vestiges of Zimbabwe's former inclination toward socialism be abandoned, successfully urged the imposition of a…

— Michael Dorris

“And she has been there. I know because her senior high school yearbook, the one with no Daytons, is gone from the…

— Michael Dorris

The necessity of loyalty between friends, the responsibility that the strong owe the infirm, the illusion of ill-gotten gain, the rewards of…

— Michael Dorris

“These boots were made for dancing"(260)”

— Michael Dorris

Grandfather was well known for being stubborn in his ideas. For instance... you had to go to sleep facing east so that…

— Michael Dorris

I certainly don't object to [writers] trying to imagine the lives of other societies, but you have to do it with a…

— Michael Dorris

“How long does it last?" Said the other customer, a man wearing a tan shirt with little straps that buttoned on top…

— Michael Dorris

To be known for one's saddest story is not the road to notoriety anyone would willingly choose.

— Michael Dorris

Dinner is to a day what dessert is to dinner.

— Michael Dorris

Don't ask so many questions and they will all be answered.

— Michael Dorris

My son will forever travel through a moonless night with only the roar of wind for company.... A drowning man is not…

— Michael Dorris

Considering that virtually none of the standard fare surrounding Thanksgiving contains an ounce of authenticity, historical accuracy, or cross-cultural perception, why is…

— Michael Dorris

Here are two facts that should not both be true: - There is sufficient food produced in the world every year to…

— Michael Dorris

“Without somebody to watch me, laugh at my jokes, tell me what to do, ask me questions, race me to the river,…

— Michael Dorris

“Fear is a memory of better times. Fear is a dream.”

— Michael Dorris

We Americans are tempted to distinguish ourselves from other current and former inhabitants of this planet by assuming that we are ruled…

— Michael Dorris

I watched the way you watch when you know you want to remember.

— Michael Dorris