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Quotes from The Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year — Louise Erdrich

born 1964 United States

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When every inch of the world is known, sleep may be the only wilderness that we have left. (p190)

The Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year (1996)

What are dreams but an internal wilderness and what is desire but a wildness of the soul? (p182)

The Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year (1996)

Each life is one short word slowly uttered. (p191)

The Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year (1996)

Laughter is our consolation prize for consciousness. (p81)

The Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year (1996)

The self will not be forced under, nor will the baby's needs gracefully retreat. The world tips away when we look into our children's faces. (p4)

The Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year (1996)

Attribution

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