“When someone dies, you don't get over it by forgetting; you get over it by remembering, and you are aware that no person is ever truly lost or gone once they have been in our life and loved us, as we have loved them.” PersonsHas BeensRememberDiesLostForgetGoneOur LivesOver ItGet OverForget YouWhen Someone Dies Book:The Delicacy and Strength of Lace: Letters Between Leslie Marmon Silko & James Wright Source: The Delicacy and Strength of Lace: Letters Between Leslie Marmon Silko & James Wright
“But as long as you remember what you have seen, then nothing is gone. As long as you remember, it is part of this story we have together.” LongStoriesTogetherRememberGone Book:Ceremony Source: Ceremony
“Distances and days existed in themselves then; they all had a story. They were not barriers. If a person wanted to get to the moon, there is a way; it all depended on whether you knew the directions, on whether you knew the story of how others before you had gone. He had believed in the stories for a long time, until the teachers at Indian school taught him not to believe in that kind of "nonsense". But they had been wrong.” IfsWayBelieveKindPersonsLongStoriesWantedSchoolGoneTeacherTaughtMoonLong TimeDistanceIndianNonsenseBarriers Author:Leslie Marmon Silko
