Leslie Marmon Silko - People Quotes

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Here they were, trying to bring back that old feeling, that feeling they belonged to America the way they felt during the war. They blamed themselves for losing the new feeling; they never talked about it, but they blamed themselves just like they blamed themselves for losing the land the white people took.

Leslie Marmon Silko

The ancient people perceived the world and themselves within that world as part of an ancient continuous story composed of innumerable bundles of other stories.

Leslie Marmon Silko

The American public has difficulty believing... [that] injustice continues to be inflicted upon Indian people because Americans assume that the sympathy and tolerance they feel toward Indians is somehow 'felt' or transferred to the government policy that deals with Indians. This is not the case.

Leslie Marmon Silko

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.

Leslie Marmon Silko