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From Quotes by Joy Harjo
- The woman hanging from the 13th floor window on the east side of Chicago is not alone...She is all the women of the apartment building…
- Someone accompanies every soul from the other side when it enters this place. Usually it is an ancestor with whom that child shares traits and…
- My father told me that some voices are so true they can be used as weapons, can maneuver the weather, change time. He said that…
- There is no separation. We are all from the same place. As long as there is respect and acknowledgement of connections, things continue working. When…
- The saxophone is so human. Its tendency is to be rowdy, edgy, talk too loud, bump into people, say the wrong words at the wrong…
- It is memory that provides the heart with impetus, fuels the brain, and propels the corn plant from seed to fruit.
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