The Woman Who Owned the Shadows Quotes

“And she remembered the tears that had come from some hidden river in her eyes. Had fallen on her hand, on her lap, on the knife. Silent, they had coursed, beyond her willing, beyond her power to start or stop.”
― Paula Gunn Allen, The Woman Who Owned the Shadows

“She wanted to cry. To scream. To shriek like a crazy wind.”
― Paula Gunn Allen, The Woman Who Owned the Shadows

“Yes, my dear,” she said out loud to herself, “you took quite a fall.” And felt pure amazement at the long time it had taken before she had finally found again the ground.”
― Paula Gunn Allen, The Woman Who Owned the Shadows

“I am still alive,
Waking, lonely.”
― Paula Gunn Allen, The Woman Who Owned the Shadows