The Weaver's Legacy Quotes

“whites lumped them all together using the Chippewa slur, Sioux, which means Little Snakes in English.” Aengus”
― Olive Collins, The Weaver's Legacy: A Family Epic of the American West

“It’s difficult to unlearn a belief like that, those type of accusations stick forever,” Makawee pointed to her head.”
― Olive Collins, The Weaver's Legacy: A Family Epic of the American West

“There are no towns and nothing to root us to its past, only the future we make for ourselves.”
― Olive Collins, The Weaver's Legacy: A Family Epic of the American West

“the lesson is learned when the student is ready, and maybe now, she was ready, as ready as she could ever be.”
― Olive Collins, The Weaver's Legacy: A Family Epic of the American West

“A smaller version of everything,” Goldie said, inspecting her small hands, fingers, and even her small sharp nails.”
― Olive Collins, The Weaver's Legacy: A Family Epic of the American West

“When the buffalo are gone, then the Indian will have nothing, no food, no clothing, no tepee. Nada. Those rich folks don’t realize that they’re paying to play their part in the big plan.”
― Olive Collins, The Weaver's Legacy: A Family Epic of the American West

“They can’t be white unless they hate me,”
― Olive Collins, The Weaver's Legacy: A Family Epic of the American West

“They saw his contentment as an affliction.”
― Olive Collins, The Weaver's Legacy: A Family Epic of the American West

“Nobody will question it,” Goldie had said about the new sculpture. “They’ll come and gape at the President’s head and drive away thinking they’ve been told a happy story.”
― Olive Collins, The Weaver's Legacy: A Family Epic of the American West

“The whites lumped them all together using the Chippewa slur, Sioux, which means Little Snakes in English.”
― Olive Collins, The Weaver's Legacy: A Family Epic of the American West

“Bloody Godforsaken eejit of a woman.”
― Olive Collins, The Weaver's Legacy: A Family Epic of the American West

“She should not have thrown the snake at Owen, because boys would always want retribution.”
― Olive Collins, The Weaver's Legacy: A Family Epic of the American West