More than that, in the five hundred years of European OCCUPATION, Native cultures have already driven themselves to be remarkably tenacious and resilient.

Tears streamed down my face as I crossed the finish line. I was a new person, a runner.

If we change the stories we live by, quite possibly we change our lives

Land. If you understand nothing else about the history of Indians in North America, you need to understand that the question that really matters is the question of land.

The truth about stories is, that's all we are.

Stories are wondrous things. And they are dangerous.

There are no truths. Only stories.

I learned very quickly that to be angry about something does not mean anybody's gonna listen to you.

Eden Robinson is one of those rare artists who comes to writing with a skill and maturity that has taken the rest of us decades to achieve.

If it ain't about what's real, what's happenin' right now, it ain't the blues.

History is the stories we tell about the past.

I was having that dream again, the good one where we're all in heaven and never heard of Treegap.

I knew the woodsy fragrance that accompanied Reed was his natural scent. It was one of the many things that made him hard to resist.

It was a storm in a tea cup but in politics we sail in paper boats.

When times change, so must we.

Don’t ever give up. Don’t see the obstacles, just the way around them. For me, of course it looked improbable, but not impossible. So as long as there was a way, I would not be discouraged.

Devotion means who you are should merge with what you are doing. Otherwise, whatever your activity may be, it will not be of any great significance.

The wickets I have played on for my whole career, most of them have been to suit fast bowlers in Australia.

I like being in love. I want to be in love, but at this stage of my life, my career is, by far, the most important thing to me. It's my passion.