--- title: "4 Wendy Rose Quotes" description: "Wendy Rose is an American writer. Having grown up in an environment which placed little emphasis on both her Native American and white background, much ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c70/wendy-rose-69540_believe_maurice-kenny-stands-at-the-forefront-of_601193.jpg" --- # Wendy Rose **4** quotes in **33** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Wendy Rose is an American writer. Having grown up in an environment which placed little emphasis on both her Native American and white background, much of her verse deals with her search for her personal identity. She is also an anthropologist, artist, and social scientist. ## Quotes by Wendy Rose > [Maurice Kenny stands at the forefront of his generation. Few writers of any ethnicity are destined to be remembered in the mainstream…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-rose/maurice-kenny-stands-at-the-forefront-of-his-generation-few-writers/) [Wendy Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-rose/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c70/wendy-rose-69540_believe_maurice-kenny-stands-at-the-forefront-of_601193.jpg) > [ \[The\] Hopi earth does contain my roots and I am, indeed, from that land. Because the roots are there, I will find… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-rose/the-hopi-earth-does-contain-my-roots-and-i-am-indeed-from-that-land/) [Wendy Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-rose/) [Doe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/799/wendy-rose-69540_doe_the-hopi-earth-does-contain-my-roots-and_1135885.jpg) > [“I have always swung back and forth between alienation and relatedness. As a child, I would run away from the beatings, from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-rose/i-have-always-swung-back-and-forth-between-alienation-and-relatedness/) [Wendy Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-rose/) [Alienation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alienation/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71f/wendy-rose-69540_alien-nation_i-have-always-swung-back-and-forth-betwe_1759653.jpg) > [I go through the motions of living in society](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-rose/i-go-through-the-motions-of-living-in-society/) [Wendy Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-rose/) [Community](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/community/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/wendy-rose-69540_community_i-go-through-the-motions-of-living-in-so_2326037.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-rose/#itemlist", "name": "Wendy Rose Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Maurice Kenny stands at the forefront of his generation. 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