A Map to the Next World Quotes

“We were never perfect.

Yet, the journey we make together is perfect on this earth who was
once a star and made the same mistakes as humans.

We might make them again, she said.

Crucial to finding the way is this: there is no beginning or end.

You must make your own map.”
― Joy Harjo, A Map to the Next World: Poems and Tales

“I have forgotten the reason, forgive me. I have forgotten my name in the language I was born to, forgive me.”
― Joy Harjo, A Map to the Next World: Poems and Tales