“With bad girls, you can't go as many places as you can with a good girl. But, it is fun to play the bad girl because you always get the better wardrobe!” PlayGirlFunWardrobeGood GirlBad Girl Author:Meaghan Martin
“The first day ofschool was always so exciting because you get new shoes and a new backpack, but by the last day of school, you're like, "I don't care. I will wear sweats. Am I done yet?"” FirstsDoneCareSchoolLastsExcitingShoesDon't CareI Don't CareSweatLast DayNew Shoes Author:Meaghan Martin
“Once you find out what makes you comfortable and happy, it's a lot easier to be confident.So, be yourself!” EasierComfortableBeing YourselfBe Confident Author:Meaghan Martin
“Being a mixed-blood person of Ojibway and European ancestry, I always found that I only heard one side of the story - that was the conquerers' side, the side of the French Jesuit missionaries that came to live in what is now Ontario.” PersonsStoriesFoundSidesHeardBloodAncestryOntarioJesuit Author:Joseph Boyden
“There were incredibly complex societies already existing in North America long before Europeans arrived. So many people think that before European contact it was just Natives huddling around a fire, waiting for civilization to come save them. But that was not the case.” PeopleThinkingLongAmericaWaitingCasesFireCivilizationComplexesContactNorth America Author:Joseph Boyden
“As a fiction writer, of course, you need to take some leeway with certain aspects of history to make the story work.” NeedsStoriesCertainCoursesFictionAspectFiction Writers Author:Joseph Boyden
“The history needs to serve the story, not the story the history. But at the same time you can't stray too far.” NeedsStories Author:Joseph Boyden
“From a craft standpoint, telling a story in the first-person present tense over the course of 500 pages is a daunting challenge.” FirstsPersonsStoriesCoursesChallengesPagesCraftsTenseStandpointFirst PersonPresent Tense Author:Joseph Boyden
“I'm fascinated by the magic realism used by many writers. I think it goes hand-in-hand with the Indian experience. It's a very different way of viewing the world.” ThinkingWorldWayDifferentHandsUsedMagicIndianDifferent WaysFascinatedRealismHand In HandMagic Realism Author:Joseph Boyden
“There's the concept that dreams are as important - if not more important - than reality. The attention that one pays to those things in the shadows is very much a part of the Indian experience.” IfsImportantDreamRealityPayAttentionConceptsShadowIndian Author:Joseph Boyden