The world, even the smallest parts of it, is filled with things you don't know.

These are things you should learn. Your past is a skeleton walking one step behind you; your future is a skeleton walking one step in front of you. Maybe you don’t wear a watch, but your skeletons do, and they always know what time it is. Now, these skeletons are made of memories, dreams, and voices. And they can trap you in the in-between, between touching and becoming. But they’re not necessarily evil, unless you let them be.

I felt so conflicted about having fled the rez as a kid that I created a whole literary career that left me there.

I don't know what any individual should do about crossing her own borders. I only know that I live a happier, more adventurous life, by crossing borders.

Religious fundamentalists are unaware that freedom of religion necessarily brings with it the freedom to mock religion.

The world is divided by two different tribes. The people who are assholes and the people who are not.

The people who loved me when I was seven years old love my books, and the people who didn't like me when I was seven years old don't like my books.