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. Votes: 6
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. Votes: 6
Stories are wondrous things. And they are dangerous. Votes: 3
Tears streamed down my face as I crossed the finish line. I was a new person, a runner. Votes: 2
While the hardware of civilization - iron pots, blankets, guns - was welcomed by Native people, the software of Protestantism and Catholicism - original sin, universal damnation, atonement, and subligation - was not, and Europeans were perplexed, offended, and incensed that Native peoples had the temerity to take their goods and return their gods." Votes: 1
History is the stories we tell about the past. Votes: 1
I learned very quickly that to be angry about something does not mean anybody's gonna listen to you. Votes: 0
If we change the stories we live by, quite possibly we change our lives Votes: 0
The truth about stories is, that's all we are. Votes: 0
There are no truths. Only stories. Votes: 0