Where Wolves Don't Die Quotes

“For the first time in my life, I really felt at home. Home, in the faith that the earth would claim my grandpa's body, but his spirit would live eternal. Home, in the hope of Nora's love. Home, in my father's big, brown, beautiful hands. Home, right here, where wolves don't die.”
― Anton Treuer, Where Wolves Don't Die

“It was a strange feeling, giving away my kill. The elders seemed so happy to receive packages of meat. Many people shook my hand. I felt like I mattered in a way I had never felt before. Something was stirring inside of me and I knew that if I had anything else to give, I would gladly do so.”
― Anton Treuer, Where Wolves Don't Die

“That hit me in a way that all the books and lessons at school never could. I made a silent vow to move a little slower and think before I acted. I would listen to my elders, and I’d protect them too.”
― Anton Treuer, Where Wolves Don't Die

“For some people, fear and loss close their hearts, leaving them guarded and lonely and disconnected. But somehow, they opened me.”
― Anton Treuer, Where Wolves Don't Die

“I never set foot inside Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Haskell, Tomah, Kamloops, or Brandon—not as a student and not even as a visitor. But I’ve been fighting the demons they unleashed my whole life. We all have.”
― Anton Treuer, Where Wolves Don't Die

“Ezra, some people think growth only happens in the spring. Plants grow in the spring. People grow in the spring of their lives. But growth is more than a springtime flood, it’s a dance. Dance in all your seasons, my boy, and play the music loud.”
― Anton Treuer, Where Wolves Don't Die