I write in order to find out what I truly know and how I really feel about certain things. Writing requires me to go much deeper into my thoughts and memories than conversation does. Writing provides the solitude necessary to reflect on being in this world.

As long as the hummingbird had not abandoned the land, somewhere there were still flowers, and they could all go on.

the material world and the flesh are only temporary - there are no sins of the flesh, spirit is everything!

Janice Gould is one of our best poets. The music of her poetry will delight you, and her gentle courageous accounts of tribal, family, and personal history make this book unforgettable. Doubters and Dreamers is a master-piece.

Distances and days existed in themselves then; they all had a story. They were not barriers. If a person wanted to get to the moon, there is a way; it all depended on whether you knew the directions, on whether you knew the story of how others before you had gone. He had believed in the stories for a long time, until the teachers at Indian school taught him not to believe in that kind of "nonsense". But they had been wrong.

What is it about us human beings that we can’t let go of lost things?

But as long as you remember what you have seen, then nothing is gone. As long as you remember, it is part of this story we have together.