"Language is power, and that’s why we lost our language, because people knew that."
– Natalie Diaz

Abigail Deutsch has more on the Native Innovation symposium at Poets House. Plus, poems and articles exploring the Native American experience. (via poetrysince1912)

(via poetrysince1912)


"I hid my deepest feelings so well I forgot where I placed them."
– Amy Tan, Saving Fish From Drowning (via wordsforyourpockets)

"Because you are alive, everything is possible."
– Thich Nhat Hanh (via kari-shma)

(via quote-book)


"It’s not hard to decide what you want your life to be about. What’s hard, she said, is figuring out what you’re willing to give up in order to do the things you really care about."
– “Bittersweet” by Shauna Niequist (via kari-shma)

(via quote-book)