The Indian wars have never ended in the Americas.

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.

He made a story for all of them, a story to give them strength. The words of the story poured out of his mouth as if they had substance, pebbles and stone extending to hold the corporal up...knees from buckling...hands from letting go of the blanket.

Things which don't shift and grow are dead things.

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

The Indian wars have never ended in the Americas.

I 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.