But sometimes what we call 'memory' and what we call 'imagination' are not so easily distinguished.
Leslie Marmon SilkoAs long as the hummingbird had not abandoned the land, somewhere there were still flowers, and they could all go on.
Leslie Marmon SilkoThe American public has difficulty believing ... [that] injustice continues to be inflicted upon Indian people because Americans assume that the sympathy and tolerance they feel toward Indians is somehow 'felt' or transferred to the government policy that deals with Indians. This is not the case.
Leslie Marmon SilkoI 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.
Leslie Marmon Silko