“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.” PeopleWorldStoriesAncientBundles Book:Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit Source: Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit
“the material world and the flesh are only temporary - there are no sins of the flesh, spirit is everything!” WorldSpiritSinMaterialsFleshTemporaryMaterial WorldSins Of The Flesh Book:Gardens in the Dunes: A Novel Source: Gardens in the Dunes: A Novel
“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.” WorldLongLeftRealizingWhiteConsciousnessSawsWallBedLong TimeDoctorsInvisibleSmokeHospitalsSheetsHollowDoctor WhoOutlinesFadedBed Sheets Book:Ceremony Source: Ceremony
“Then they grow away from the earth then they grow away from the sun then they grow away from the plants and the animals. They see no life. When they look they see only objects. The world is a dead thing for them the trees and the rivers are not alive. the mountains and stones are not alive. The deer and bear are objects. They see no life. They fear. They fear the world. They destroy what they fear. They fear themselves.” WorldLooksEarthGrowsAnimalSunAliveTreeObjectsBearsMountainRiversStonesPlantDeer Author:Leslie Marmon Silko
“Because if you weren't born white, you were forced to see differences; or if you weren't born what they called normal, or if you got injured, then you were left to explore the world of the different.” IfsWorldDifferentLeftBornDifferencesWhiteNormalInjured Author:Leslie Marmon Silko
“Writing cant change the world overnight, but writing may have an enormous effect over time, over the long haul.” WorldWritingMayLongEffectsEnormousChanging The WorldCantHaulLong Haul Author:Leslie Marmon Silko
“I write in order to find out what I truly know and how I really feel about certain things. Writing requires me to go much deeper into my thoughts and memories than conversation does. Writing provides the solitude necessary to reflect on being in this world.” KnowsWorldFeelsWritingDoeCertainOrderMemoriesThis WorldSolitudeConversationDeeperMy Thoughts Author:Leslie Marmon Silko
