All history is just one man trying to take something away from another man, and usually it doesn’t really belong to either of them.
Louise Erdrich – Shadow Tag
Ownership in History
O
Life and Death Desires
L
We think we have many desires, but in fact we have only one. What is it? To live. To die.
Louise Erdrich – Shadow Tag
Self-Definition
S
You have to be careful who you let define your good.
Louise Erdrich – Shadow Tag
Consequences of Knowledge
C
If you knew what was going to happen, if you knew everything that was going to happen next—if you knew in advance the consequences of your own actions—you’d be doomed.
Louise Erdrich – Shadow Tag
Elusive Memory
E
Memory is a hunter on a plain with many shadows.
Louise Erdrich – Shadow Tag
Savage Innocence
S
Children are the most ruthless of all savages.
Louise Erdrich – Shadow Tag
Love and Suffering
L
We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love.
Louise Erdrich – Shadow Tag
Experimental Living
E
Art, like life, should be free, since both are experimental.
Louise Erdrich – Shadow Tag
Forgotten Stories
F
I write because I am alone and move through the world alone. No one will know what has passed through me… I write because there are stories that people have forgotten to tell.
Louise Erdrich – Shadow Tag
Enduring Grief
E
Grief lasts longer than sympathy, which is one of the tragedies of the grieving.
Louise Erdrich – Shadow Tag