List of Leslie Marmon Silko Quotes

Janice Gould Is One Of Our Best Poets. The Music Of Her Poetry Will Delight You, And Her Gentle Courageous Accounts Of Tribal, Family, And Personal History Make This Book Unforgettable. Doubters And Dreamers Is A Master-piece.

Being Alive Was All Right Then: He Had Not Breathed Like That For A Long Time.

The Truth Of Course Was Otherwise, But Lecha Had Never Felt She Owed Anyone The Truth, Unless It Was Truth About Their Own Lives, And Then They Had To Pay Her To Tell Them.

Fortunately, Her Year Of Graduate Classes Prepared Her For Obnoxious Conduct.

Moonflowers Blossom In The Sand Hills Before Dawn, Just As I Followed Him.

The Snow ... Came In Thick Tufts Like New Wool - Washed Before The Weaver Spins It.

For A Long Time He Had Been White Smoke. He Did Not Realize That Until He Left The Hospital, Because White Smoke Had No Consciousness Of Itself. It Faded Into The White World Of Their Bed Sheets And Walls; It Was Sucked Away By The Words Of Doctors Who Tried To Talk To The Invisible Scattered Smoke... They Saw His Outline But They Did Not Realize It Was Hollow Inside.

He Made A Story For All Of Them, A Story To Give Them Strength. The Words Of The Story Poured Out Of His Mouth As If They Had Substance, Pebbles And Stone Extending To Hold The Corporal Up...knees From Buckling...hands From Letting Go Of The Blanket.

Anybody Can Act Violently - There Is Nothing To It; But Not Every Person Is Able To Destroy His Enemy With Words.

Night. Heavenly Delicious Sweet Night Of The Desert That Calls All Of Us To Love Her. The Night Is Our Comfort With Her Coolness And Darkness. On Wings, On Feet, On Our Bellies, Out We All Come To Glory In The Night.

Writing Cant Change The World Overnight, But Writing May Have An Enormous Effect Over Time, Over The Long Haul.

Relationships. That's All There Really Is. There's Your Relationship With The Dust That Just Blew In Your Face, Or With The Person Who Just Kicked You End Over End. ... You Have To Come To Terms, To Some Kind Of Equilibrium, With Those People Around You, Those People Who Care For You, Your Environment.