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Joy Harjo Quotes: If we cry more tears we will ruin the land with salt; instead let's praise that which would distract us with despair. Make a song for death, a song for yellow teeth and bad breath
         

If we cry more tears we will ruin the land with salt; instead let's praise that which would distract us with despair. Make a song for death, a song for yellow teeth and bad breath


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I've always had a theory that some of us are born with nerve endings longer than our bodies

I've always had a theory that some of us are born with nerve endings longer than our bodies



My generation is now the door to memory. That is why I am remembering.

My generation is now the door to memory. That is why I am remembering.



If you do not answer the noise and urgency of your gifts, they will turn on you. Or drag you down with their immense sadness at being abandoned.

If you do not answer the noise and urgency of your gifts, they will turn on you. Or drag you down with their immense sadness at being abandoned.



A story matrix connects all of us. There are rules, processes, and circles of responsibility in this world. And the story begins exactly where it is supposed to begin. We cannot skip any part.

A story matrix connects all of us. There are rules, processes, and circles of responsibility in this world. And the story begins exactly where it is supposed to begin. We cannot skip any part.



Remember the plants, trees, animal life who all have their families, their histories too. Talk to them, listen to them. They are alive poems.

Remember the plants, trees, animal life who all have their families, their histories too. Talk to them, listen to them. They are alive poems.



There is no separation. We are all from the same place. As long as there is respect and acknowledgement of connections, things continue working. When that stops we all die.

There is no separation. We are all from the same place. As long as there is respect and acknowledgement of connections, things continue working. When that stops we all die.



Perhaps the world will end at the kitchen table, while we are laughing and crying, eating of the last sweet bite.

Perhaps the world will end at the kitchen table, while we are laughing and crying, eating of the last sweet bite.



Remember that you are all people and that all people are you.

Remember that you are all people and that all people are you.



But come here, Fear. / I am alive! / And you are so afraid / of dying.

But come here, Fear. / I am alive! / And you are so afraid / of dying.



There is no poetry where there are no mistakes.

There is no poetry where there are no mistakes.





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She blows a heavy breath, her eyes so full of tears that if she blinked, they'd fall.And then she does.She blinks. They fall. I break.- Cam

She blows a heavy breath, her eyes so full of tears that if she blinked, they'd fall.And then she does.She blinks. They fall. I break.- Cam



Slaying dragons, melting witches, and banishing demons is all fun and games until someone loses a sidekick—then it’s personal. The bad guy isn’t just the “bad guy” anymore, he’s the BAD GUY!

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In every great novel, who is the hero all the time? Not any of the characters, but some unnamed and nameless flame behind them all.



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Positive attitude is the foundation of your life - and the determining factor of your ability to serve.



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Entertainment, in the end, is a food industry for feeling.



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You know, it's recently come into focus for me why I want to be an actor: It's because of the connection I feel to people.



It's a very organic process, and it has a specific order to it. I love to write, and once you've written, then you arrange. After the arrangement, you record it, and then you tour it.

It's a very organic process, and it has a specific order to it. I love to write, and once you've written, then you arrange. After the arrangement, you record it, and then you tour it.



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