Fools Crow Quotes

“This world has changed and we do not belong to it. We would be better off to join our before-people in the Sand hills. It is as Curlew Woman says. We would rather be killed by the Napikwans than live in their world.”
― James Welch, Fools Crow

“Their dark horns glistened in the rain as
they stood guard over the sleeping calves. The blackhorns had returned and, all around, it was as it should be.”
― James Welch, Fools Crow

“Men, even experienced warriors, do not always listen to reason when they are close to the
prize. The closer to the prize, the more the fever obscures the judgment.”
― James Welch, Fools Crow

“These people have not changed, thought Kipp, but the world they live in h as. You could look at it one of two ways: Either the world is shrinking or that other world, the one the white man brought with him, is expanding. Either way, the Pikuni loses.”
― James Welch, Fools Crow

“They were Pikunis and they played hard.”
― James Welch, Fools Crow

“We will go on, he thought; as long as Mother Earth smiles on her children, we will continue to be a people. We will live and die and live on. It is the Pikuni Way.”
― James Welch, Fools Crow

“But the way he held her when he slept made her a little afraid---for she would never be able to live without him, without this love.”
― James Welch, Fools Crow