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The Marrow Thieves
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"The Marrow Thieves" Quotes

In a dystopian world ravaged by global warming, a group of Indigenous people with the ability to dream are hunted for their bone marrow.

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Sometimes the only way to keep from being swallowed by life is to go where it can't.

Cherie Dimaline

We are the old ones. We are the new ones. We are the same ones.

Cherie Dimaline

It was funny how quickly a place could become home; the open prairie, the tall grass, the smell of sage and sweet clover.

Cherie Dimaline

You could have your own dream, believe in your own future, and choose your own life.

Cherie Dimaline

I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become.

Cherie Dimaline

We were a perfect family. We were always moving.

Cherie Dimaline

I knew that when you didn't belong anywhere, you belonged everywhere.

Cherie Dimaline

There was a new language to learn here, and the words were easy to say: I love you, I miss you, I need you.

Cherie Dimaline

At night, when the moon is high, we sing in the language of our ancestors.

Cherie Dimaline

They took the songs from our throats and the rhythm from our feet, but they couldn't take away our hearts.

Cherie Dimaline