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Anything is bearable as long as you can make a story out of it...


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I wonder if, in the dark night of the sea, the octopus dreams of me.

I wonder if, in the dark night of the sea, the octopus dreams of me.



In the beginning was the word, and it was spoken.

In the beginning was the word, and it was spoken.



Anything is bearable if you can make a story out of it.

Anything is bearable if you can make a story out of it.



A word has power in and of itself. It comes from nothing into sound and meaning; it gives origin to all things.

A word has power in and of itself. It comes from nothing into sound and meaning; it gives origin to all things.



If you believe in the power of words, you can bring about physical changes in the universe.

If you believe in the power of words, you can bring about physical changes in the universe.



Words were medicine; they were magic and invisible. They came from nothing into sound and meaning. They were beyond price; they could neither be bought nor sold.

Words were medicine; they were magic and invisible. They came from nothing into sound and meaning. They were beyond price; they could neither be bought nor sold.



I sometimes think the contemporary white American is more culturally deprived than the Indian.

I sometimes think the contemporary white American is more culturally deprived than the Indian.



Indians are marvelous storytellers. In some ways, that oral tradition is stronger than the written tradition.

Indians are marvelous storytellers. In some ways, that oral tradition is stronger than the written tradition.



It's a landscape that has to be seen to be believed. And, as I say on occasion, it may have to be believed in order to be seen.

It's a landscape that has to be seen to be believed. And, as I say on occasion, it may have to be believed in order to be seen.



For the storyteller, for the arrowmaker, language does indeed represent the only chance for survival.

For the storyteller, for the arrowmaker, language does indeed represent the only chance for survival.





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When we honestly take stock of our ability, we are then granted the opportunity to improve our circumstance. Accessing where you stand is the only way to stand somewhere else.

When we honestly take stock of our ability, we are then granted the opportunity to improve our circumstance. Accessing where you stand is the only way to stand somewhere else.



You who weep for pleasures fled, While dragging on a life of care, All your woes will melt in air, If to god your tears are shed, You who Weap!

You who weep for pleasures fled, While dragging on a life of care, All your woes will melt in air, If to god your tears are shed, You who Weap!



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The Devil, too, sometimes steals human children; it is not infrequent for him to carry away infants within the first six weeks after birth, and to substitute in their place imps.

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The space that every man occupies in the world is measured by the faith he expresses in connection with his aims and purposes.




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