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Indians endure—both in the sense of living through something so complete in its destructiveness that the mere presence of survivors is a testament to the human will to survive and in the sense of duration or longevity.

— Paula Gunn Allen The Sacred Hoop (1986)

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Black, the color of the West, of truth, revelation, and abomination.

It’s hard to see the forest when you’re a tree.

The power of imagination, of image, which is the fundamental power of literature, is the power to determine a people’s fate.

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All tales are born in the mind of Spider Woman, and all creation exists as a result of her naming.

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One’s emotions are one’s own; to suggest that others should imitate them is to impose on the personal integrity of others.

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