"Ceremony" Quotes
A young Native American man returns from World War II and experiences a spiritual journey to recover from the traumas of war and reconnect with his cultural heritage.
fiction | 262 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
But as long as you remember what you have seen, then nothing is gone. As long as you remember, it is part of this story we have together.
I will tell you something about stories... They aren't just entertainment. Don't be fooled. They are all we have, you see, all we have to fight off illness and death.
There's no end to the stories.
The only way to get through it is to try to tell the story right.
I will tell you something about names. They are a gift from the old people, a spirit that lives in the name.
The world is always changing, and we are part of it. But we can never change the way the world is, or what it is.
It matters which stories we listen to. It matters which stories we use to make our world.
The only way to get through life is to fight as though you are already dead.
They say that a person's name is a song. A song that is yours, and no one else's.
The sun is not a good symbol; it has no warmth or life of its own. But the moon is a good symbol; it is alive with its own light.
