Joy Harjo Quotes

I've always had a theory that some of us are born with nerve endings longer than our bodies

There is no poetry where there are no mistakes.

My generation is now the door to memory. That is why I am remembering.

A story matrix connects all of us. There are rules, processes, and circles of responsibility in this world. And the story begins exactly where it is supposed to begin. We cannot skip any part.

I can hear the sizzle of newborn stars, and know anything of meaning, of the ﾃｯﾂｬﾂ‘rce magic emerging here. I am witness to ﾃｯﾂｬﾂＦxible eternity, the evolving past, and I know we will live forever, as dust or breath in the face of stars, in the shifting pattern of winds.

Someone accompanies every soul from the other side when it enters this place. Usually it is an ancestor with whom that child shares traits and gifts.

Remember that you are all people and that all people are you.

True power does not amass through the pain and suffering of others.

My father told me that some voices are so true they can be used as weapons, can maneuver the weather, change time. He said that a voice that powerful can walk away from the singer if it is shamed. After my father left us, I learned that some voices can deceive you. There is a top layer and there is a bottom, and they don't match.

I listen to the gunfire we cannot hear, and begin this journey with the light of knowing the root of my own furious love.