Shadow of the Solstice Quotes

“there might be some therapy that uses horses to help people get strong again. Do you know of anything like that?”
― Anne Hillerman, Shadow of the Solstice: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel

“At times like this, Mrs. Raymond was glad to be old. The experience she had accumulated gave her courage.”
― Anne Hillerman, Shadow of the Solstice: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel

“Mrs. Raymond didn’t mind most of the changes that came with being old. She said “so what” to silver hair, a few more pounds, and an accumulation of wrinkles.”
― Anne Hillerman, Shadow of the Solstice: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel

“No more drinking for him.”
― Anne Hillerman, Shadow of the Solstice: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel

“In 2024, Navajo President Buu Nygren issued an executive order temporarily banning the transport of uranium ore across the Navajo Nation without the tribe’s consent.”
― Anne Hillerman, Shadow of the Solstice: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel

“When most uranium mines shut down in the 1970s due to a drop in uranium prices, mining companies left Navajo land abruptly. Piles of radioactive waste and open mines remained. In 2024, there were between 500 and 1,000 abandoned uranium mines and milling sites on the Navajo Nation.”
― Anne Hillerman, Shadow of the Solstice: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel

“Fraud against government funded health care systems not only costs taxpayers billions each year, but as we’ve seen in Arizona, deprives critical care and benefits for our most vulnerable populations.”
― Anne Hillerman, Shadow of the Solstice: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel

“on Tsé Bit’a’í, that Monster Slayer killed the huge and terrible bird that was feeding the People to its young.”
― Anne Hillerman, Shadow of the Solstice: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel

“Chaco has a pictograph that many people believe depicts the supernova of 1054 and a petroglyph that might be a tribute to the total solar eclipse of 1097.”
― Anne Hillerman, Shadow of the Solstice: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel

“We all hope that as we get older, we get smarter, but sometimes we just figure out new ways to screw up.”
― Anne Hillerman, Shadow of the Solstice: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel

“There was no reason to ask for more bad news. Trouble already had his address.”
― Anne Hillerman, Shadow of the Solstice: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel

“Hwéeldi, the place of suffering, and the Long Walk there and home again stayed in Diné memory like a deep scar. The Navajo had endured removal from their sacred land to a place of sad desperation, illness, starvation, and death and returned to their own territory five years later to grow in numbers and prosperity.”
― Anne Hillerman, Shadow of the Solstice: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel