Spirit Crossing Quotes

“You are two minds, two hearts, two souls. But this day you begin a journey of one. Where it will lead, I cannot tell you. Only the Creator knows. But I can tell you this. On your journey, you will never be alone. In the cold, you will have another body for warmth. In times of uncertainty, you will have a hand to hold for comfort. In the dark, you will have the whisper of love to assure you that the light will return.”
― William Kent Krueger, Spirit Crossing

“There is no hell, Little Rabbit,” Meloux offered. “Except what we create for ourselves here or others create for us. Better that this man’s spirit has moved on.”
― William Kent Krueger, Spirit Crossing

“You are two minds, two hearts, two souls. But this day you begin a journey of one. Where it will lead, I cannot tell you. Only the Creator knows. But I can tell you this. On your journey, you will never be alone. In the cold, you will have another body for warmth. In times of uncertainty, you will have a hand to hold for comfort. In the dark, you will have the whisper of love to assure you that the light will return.” He took their hands and placed them between his own. “Go in peace, Grandchildren. May you find the way to bimaadiziwin, the good life. And know that the love of all the hearts here today goes with you.”
― William Kent Krueger, Spirit Crossing

“The Anishinaabe have always been good at finding the seed of joy in a field of sorrow.”
― William Kent Krueger, Spirit Crossing

“The grass of the trail was strewn with sunlight broken into shards by overhanging tree branches. She could hear the song of birds, the buzz of insects. With each breath, she took in the scent of evergreen and wildflowers. With each step she felt the kiss of the summer air against her cheeks”
― William Kent Krueger, Spirit Crossing

“The night had cooled a bit and a soft breeze brushed against his face. A lopsided gibbous moon hung in the black sky, showering faint silver across the lawn. Where the moon didn't eat their light, the stars were a glittering sea of diamonds”
― William Kent Krueger, Spirit Crossing

“She lay in the shade of a birch tree. Sunlight, broken into bright shards by leaves and branches, littered the ground around her”
― William Kent Krueger, Spirit Crossing

“It was lined on both sides with birch trees that shaded the track. Wildflowers and wild grasses grew in abundance, and between the pale white trunks of the birch trees, the reflection of sunlight off the river came through in brilliant flashes of silver”
― William Kent Krueger, Spirit Crossing

“According to a 2018 study undertaken by the Urban Indian Health Institute, homicide is the third-leading cause of death for Indigenous girls and teens.I More than half of American Indian or Alaska Native women (56.1 percent) have experienced sexual violence in their lifetime. The murder rate of AI/AN women is almost three times that of non-Hispanic White women.II”
― William Kent Krueger, Spirit Crossing

“Belief, like love, is a choice. It makes all the difference between approaching death with fear and anger or approaching death with the peaceful heart.”
― William Kent Krueger, Spirit Crossing

“To be Indian is to walk with loss. It goes before us and it follows us. It is our shadow self.”
― William Kent Krueger, Spirit Crossing

“Fear misshapes everything,” Meloux said. “What we hear, what we see, what we think, what we feel.”
― William Kent Krueger, Spirit Crossing

“In my experience, we stand firm against the bullies only if we link arms. The more arms, the better.”
― William Kent Krueger, Spirit Crossing

“There is a single thread that runs through us all and connects us to the Creator. In birth, that thread draws our life spirit from the heart of the Creator. In death, the thread draws our spirit back into the Creator’s heart. It is the same for every living thing.”
― William Kent Krueger, Spirit Crossing

“When you begin your journey on the Path of Souls, she will be there. And you will be there waiting when it is time for her to take the same journey.” “How do you know, Henry? What makes you so sure?” “Belief, like love, is a choice. It makes all the difference between approaching death with fear and anger or approaching death with the peaceful heart.”
― William Kent Krueger, Spirit Crossing

“Jessica McDiarmid. Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference, and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Atria Books, 2019. Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force: A Report to the Minnesota Legislature. December 2020.”
― William Kent Krueger, Spirit Crossing

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― William Kent Krueger, Spirit Crossing