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Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: My house is the red earth ...

My house is the red earth ... — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: I sit up in the dark drenched in

I sit up in the dark drenched in longing. / I am carrying over a thousand names for blue that I didn't have at dusk. — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: I know I walk in and out of

I know I walk in and out of several worlds each day. — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: I believe in the sun. In the tangle

I believe in the sun. In the tangle of human failures of fear, greed and forgetfulness, the sun gives me clarity. — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: Remember that you are all people and that

Remember that you are all people and that all people are you. — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: You just go where poetry is, whether it's

You just go where poetry is, whether it's in your heart or your mind or in books or in places where there's live poetry or recordings. — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: Because Music is a language that lives in

Because Music is a language that lives in the spiritual realms, we can hear it, we can notate it and create it, but we cannot hold it in our hands — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: I started writing to save my life.

I started writing to save my life. — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: My generation is now the door to memory.

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

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: I never fit in. Everyone knew my dad

I never fit in. Everyone knew my dad was Indian. I was half-Indian. — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: In Isleta the rainbow was a crack in

In Isleta the rainbow was a crack in the universe. We saw the barest of all life that is possible. Bright horses rolled over and over the dusking sky. — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: The radio is playing jazz, and I listen

The radio is playing jazz, and I listen to the sound of the trumpet playing a solo until I become that sound. — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: The homeland affects you directly: it affects your

The homeland affects you directly: it affects your body; it affects the collective mind and the collective heart and the collective spirit. — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: There is no poetry where there are no

There is no poetry where there are no mistakes. — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: It is memory that provides the heart with

It is memory that provides the heart with impetus, fuels the brain, and propels the corn plant from seed to fruit. — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: I release you, my beautiful and terrible fear.

I release you, my beautiful and terrible fear. I release you. You were my beloved and hate twin, but now, I don't know you as myself — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: I believe that poets have to be inside

I believe that poets have to be inside their poems somewhere, or the poem won't work. — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: If you do not answer the noise and

If you do not answer the noise and urgency of your gifts, they will turn on you. Or drag you down with their immense sadness at being abandoned. — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: I was born with eyes that can never

I was born with eyes that can never close... — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: Perhaps the world will end at the kitchen

Perhaps the world will end at the kitchen table, while we are laughing and crying, eating of the last sweet bite. — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: All acts of kindness are lights in the

All acts of kindness are lights in the war for justice. — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: I've always had a theory that some of

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

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: True power does not amass through the pain

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

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: Sometimes, I think, in order to get to

Sometimes, I think, in order to get to something that we really want or we really love or something that needs to be realized, that we're tested. — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: Someone accompanies every soul from the other side

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 — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: Remember that you are this universe and that

Remember that you are this universe and that this universe is you. — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: I come from a long line of revolutionaries.

I come from a long line of revolutionaries. — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: Remember the plants, trees, animal life who all

Remember the plants, trees, animal life who all have their families, their histories too. Talk to them, listen to them. They are alive poems. — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: Most people don't know that Congo Square was

Most people don't know that Congo Square was originally a Muscogee ceremonial ground ... in New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz. — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: My mother wrote lyrics and sang but was

My mother wrote lyrics and sang but was overtaken by life with four children and worked. — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: Humans are vulnerable and rely on the kindnesses

Humans are vulnerable and rely on the kindnesses of the earth and the sun; we exist together in a sacred field of meaning. — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: I walk in and out of several worlds

I walk in and out of several worlds every day. — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: We're all given something to do. And when

We're all given something to do. And when we don't follow what we're supposed to do, we always know when we're off track. — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: But come here, Fear. / I am alive!

But come here, Fear. / I am alive! / And you are so afraid / of dying. — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: My sister accommodates me, never reproaches me with

My sister accommodates me, never reproaches me with her doctrine, never tries to change me. She accepts and loves me, despite our differences. — Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: I listen to the gunfire we cannot hear,

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

Joy Harjo Quotes By Joy Harjo: She had horses who were the blue air

She had horses who were the blue air of the sky. — Joy Harjo