In The Presence of The Sun Quotes

“We perceive existence by means of words and names. To this or that vague, potential thing I will give a name, and it will exist thereafter, and its existence will be clearly perceived. The name enables me to see it. I can call it by its name, and I can see it for what it is.”
― N. Scott Momaday, In The Presence of The Sun: Stories and Poems

“There was a man who killed a buffalo bull to no purpose, only he wanted the blood on his hands.”
― N. Scott Momaday, In The Presence of The Sun: Stories and Poems

“You see, I am alive, I am alive
I stand in good relation to the earth
I stand in good relation to the gods
I stand in good relation to all that is beautiful
I stand in good relation to the daughter of Tsen-tainte
You see, I am alive, I am alive”
― N. Scott Momaday, In The Presence of The Sun: Stories and Poems

“If coupling should but make us whole / And of the selfsame mind and soul, / Then couple let's in celebration; / We have contained the population.”
― N. Scott Momaday, In The Presence of The Sun: Stories and Poems