The Wailing Wind Quotes

“Two of their young hunters rescued a dragonfly stuck in the mud. It gave them the usual wishes you get in these stories. One wished to be the smartest man in the world. The dragonfly said, ‘So you shall be.’ But the second hunter wanted to be smarter than the smartest man in the world.” On this Leaphorn paused, partly for effect, partly to see if Bernie had already heard a version of this, and partly to see if she had cheered up enough to be listening. She was listening. “So the dragonfly converted the second hunter into a woman,” Bernie said, laughing and nodding at Leaphorn.”
― Tony Hillerman, The Wailing Wind

“I’m remembering something else, too. That remark you made to me about Shakespeare. I asked the woman at the library about Othello, and she got me a copy. He was just about as stupid as me. But with me, I didn’t have someone egging me on. I did it to myself. Looking for a treasure when I already had one.”
― Tony Hillerman, The Wailing Wind

“This immensity, dappled with cloud shadows and punctuated with assorted mountain peaks, was enough to lift the human spirit.”
― Tony Hillerman, The Wailing Wind

“I was in love with her. And I never got over it and I never will.” He turned to look at Leaphorn. “Can you understand that?” “Perfectly,” Leaphorn said. He had never gotten over being in love with Emma—not with her being dead all these years. And he never would. “Then I’ll tell you something that’s even harder to understand. It turned out it was mutual. She loved me, too. Can you believe that?” “How did you know?” “All sorts of little things,” Denton said. He thought about it, nodded, and decided to explain. “You might think I’m pretty easy to fool, letting this McKay thing go as far as I did. But that wasn’t normal. It was because I want that Golden Calf so damn bad, and I was getting so frustrated with hunting it, I just quit thinking. But you don’t make money in the mineral lease racket without being skeptical, and if you ain’t to start with, you get that way damn quick. You leave your trust at home in the closet. Your basic idea is that everybody is out to skin you, and so”
― Tony Hillerman, The Wailing Wind

“need for a younger, less sophisticated”
― Tony Hillerman, The Wailing Wind

“tells me stories about it being a meeting”
― Tony Hillerman, The Wailing Wind

“even sure I heard the music. Maybe you”
― Tony Hillerman, The Wailing Wind