Sacred Clowns Quotes

“In empty country everybody knew everything about everybody. One's inner thoughts seemed to transmit themselves through the clear, dry air without need for verbalizing.”
― Tony Hillerman, Sacred Clowns

“Zelazny.”
― Tony Hillerman, Sacred Clowns

“The way he understood hozho was hard to put into words. “I’ll use an example. Terrible drought, crops dead, sheep dying. Spring dried out. No water. The Hopi, or the Christian, maybe the Moslem, they pray for rain. The Navajo has the proper ceremony done to restore himself to harmony with the drought. You see what I mean. The system is designed to recognize what’s beyond human power to change, and then to change the human’s attitude to be content with the inevitable.”
― Tony Hillerman, Sacred Clowns

“The Land of Room Enough, and Time.”
― Tony Hillerman, Sacred Clowns

“The trees at Tse Bonito Park were yellow, the roadsides were streaked with the purple of the last surviving October asters, and overhead the sky was the dark, blank blue.”
― Tony Hillerman, Sacred Clowns