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.

As long as the hummingbird had not abandoned the land, somewhere there were still flowers, and they could all go on.

I will tell you something about stories . . . They aren't just entertainment. Don't be fooled. They are all we have, you see, all we have to fight off illness and death.

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.

But sometimes what we call 'memory' and what we call 'imagination' are not so easily distinguished.

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.

What is it about us human beings that we can’t let go of lost things?

You don't have anything if you don't have the stories.

Writing cant change the world overnight, but writing may have an enormous effect over time, over the long haul.

Anybody can act violently - there is nothing to it; but not every person is able to destroy his enemy with words.

The Indian wars have never ended in the Americas.

You're beautful. Yes you are, you're very very beautiful. Extremely beautiful.

Tell me to leave, " he said roughly."No, " I whispered, pressing a gentle kiss to his jawline."Then I'm staying, " and his lips consumed mine.

At some point in any adult life, we have to understand that business decisions cannot be made with an emotional bias.

It's not easy to shed the idea that human life is sacred.

It's never too late for those whose time has come.

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing

You're always trying to seize any opportunity or hold on to one if you already have it. It was just a matter of going out there and producing for the team.

I want to be president because I have the sensitivity, as a woman, to listen. I'm a different candidate... different because I don't belong to powerful, privileged groups, because I'm honest.

I've got great faith in the essential fairness and decency - you may say goodness - of the human being.

A burnt child loves the fire.