I tried out the unfamiliar syllables. They fit. They cracked in my ears like a fist through ice.
Louise ErdrichWe do know that no one gets wise enough to really understand the heart of another, though it is the task of our life to try.
Louise ErdrichWomen are strong, strong, terribly strong. We don't know how strong until we are pushing out our babies. We are too often treated like babies having babies when we should be in training, like acolytes, novices to high priestesshood, like serious applicants for the space program.
Louise Erdrich