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Barry Lopez Quotes

1945–2020 United States

Barry Holstun Lopez (born January 6, 1945 – December 25, 2020) is an American author, essayist, and fiction writer.

United States
Essayists
Non-fiction authors
Novelists

Also known as: Barry Holstun Lopez

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In the west, we believe we are the most progressive and socially just, but a lot of that is just a hopeful illusion.

I imagined in everybody I passed there was some story that they carried with them that would break your heart. So how could you have the temerity to approach that person and say, here's what's wrong with you?

The peculiar thing that he said was, all of our chiefs die on the road. And what he was talking about was, we must all bear up and know that we will all pass away, but it's important to keep these things alive and to give your life to the protection of these ideals.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Barry Lopez (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.