All Quotes By Tag: Ancestry
“Our names were made for us in another century.”
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“Individually, every grain of sand brushing against my hands represents a story, an experience, and a block for me to build upon for the next generation.”
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“You can take the Indian out of the family, but you cannot take the family out of the Indian.”
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“In united families, they might sleep with half filled stomach but no one sleeps with empty stomach.”
“Some of us can live without a society but not without a family.”
“After all, what is every man? A horde of ghosts – like a Chinese nest of boxes – oaks that were acorns that were oaks. Death lies behind us, not in front – in our ancestors, back and back until…”
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“We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the spiraling chains of knowledge hidden in every cell of our bodies.”
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“In your name, the family name is at last because it’s the family name that lasts.”