A story is a burden which must be carried with as much care as we carry a sleeping child

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 for all voices.

The best teachers have shown me that things have to be done bit by bit. Nothing that means anything happens quickly - we only think it does.

We need to walk to know sacred places, those around us and those within. We need to walk to remember the songs.

Kill every enemy twice, Wilky said. Better than gettin' shot by a soldier pretending to be dead.

Strong words outlast the paper they are written upon.

Guilt can make you doubt yourself at the very moment when you need to proceed with certainty.

Native people such as the Cherokees are just as human and complex and real as Americans are, and our nation needs to respect American Indian cultures and traditions.

As long as we can remember them, our families will always be with us.

Knowledge is easy to come by. Understanding what you know takes much longer.

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?

Joy doubles your faith, strength triples your might, and love quadruples your power.

In grief more than in joy, man longs to know that the universe turns around him.

The good and bad things are what form us as people... change makes us grow.

I'm a human being, I'm a friend, I'm a mom, I'm a writer, and I'm an artist. I do play electric guitar and all of that, but in the end, I'm just a person.

Though not everyone can attend seminary, every Christian has a seminary between two covers - the Holy Bible. God's Word is a school that trains us for the work He has planned for us on earth.

Books are the true means of acquiring talent. If one does not read one remains ignorant, and ignorance can never produce true painters.

There are wonderful composers and librettists out there. It's the lack of creative producers that is troubling.

I don't know which me that I love, got no reflection.

If you work hard enough at something, it begins to make itself part of you, even though you do not really like it and know that part isn't real.

When you are in school, your talents are without number, and your promise is boundless...But at a certain point, you begin to feel your talents dropping away, like feathers from a molting bird.