A word has power in and of itself. It comes from nothing into sound and meaning; it gives origin to all things.
N. Scott MomadayFor the storyteller, for the arrowmaker, language does indeed represent the only chance for survival.
N. Scott MomadayThey have assumed the names and gestures of their enemies, but have held on to their own, secret souls; and in this there is a resistance and an overcoming, a long outwaiting.
N. Scott Momaday