"Monkey Beach" Quotes
A young Indigenous woman reflects on her family's history and her own spiritual journey in a remote coastal community.
fiction | 384 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
The world is full of stories
storytelling
We’re all made up of stories
storytelling
Fish are the only animals that grow when they’re dead
nature
The dead are always with us
lifedeath
Life is a dream
life
You can’t leave the past behind. It’s buried in you; it’s turned your flesh into its own cupboard
past
We are an old people, we are a great people, but we are not yet a wise people
wisdom
I wasn’t dreaming. I was remembering
memory
The world has teeth and it can bite you with them any time it wants
life
We are all storytellers. We all live in a network of stories. There isn’t a stronger connection between people than storytelling
storytelling
