The Woman Who Fell from The Sky Quotes

“It's possible to understand the world from studying a leaf. You can comprehend the laws of aerodynamics, mathematics, poetry and biology through the complex beauty of such a perfect structure.

It's also possible to travel the whole globe and learn nothing.”
― Joy Harjo, The Woman Who Fell from The Sky: Poems

“All acts of kindness are lights in the war for justice.”
― Joy Harjo, The Woman Who Fell from The Sky: Poems

“Perhaps the world will end at the kitchen table, while we are laughing and crying, eating of the last sweet bite.”
― Joy Harjo, The Woman Who Fell from The Sky: Poems

“I’m not afraid of love
or its consequence of light.

It’s not easy to say this
or anything when my entrails
dangle between paradise
and fear.

I am ashamed
I never had the words
to carry a friend from her death
to the stars
correctly.

Or the words to keep
my people safe
from drought
or gunshot.

The stars who were created by words
are circling over this house
formed of calcium, of blood

this house
in danger of being torn apart
by stones of fear.

If these words can do anything
if these songs can do anything
I say bless this house
with stars.

Transfix us with love.”
― Joy Harjo, The Woman Who Fell from The Sky: Poems