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"I'm proud of being part Cherokee, and I think it's time all us Indians felt the same way."

"You can do and use the skills that you have. The schools need you. The teachers need you. Students and parents need you. They need your actual person: your physical personhood and your open minds and open ears and boundless compassion, sitting next to them, listening and nodding and asking questions for hours at a time."
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"It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be phased out, for there will never be anyone to go home to."


"Life... is not simply a series of exciting new ventures. The future is not always a whole new ball game. There tends to be unfinished business. One trails all sorts of things around with one, things that simply won't be got rid of."


"There are moments when you feel free, moments when you have energy, moments when you have hope, but you can't rely on any of these things to see you through. Circumstances do that."


"Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by - simply because your attention is otherwise diverted."


"What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art form in itself."


"All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold."


"Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in terms of biography."
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