A Snake Falls to Earth Quotes

“I wondered how anyone found each other in a place where it was so easy to become lost.”
― Darcie Little Badger, A Snake Falls to Earth

“They didn’t hunt the bison for food. The colonizers desired to annihilate another group of humans. Indigenous peoples. They knew that the Indigenous ones relied on bison. So the bison had to go.”
― Darcie Little Badger, A Snake Falls to Earth

“Why are you shouting?” I asked the forest. “It’s okay. You’re home.” “Then why are you here?” the trees asked. “If this is our home, who are you?”
― Darcie Little Badger, A Snake Falls to Earth

“They were slaughtered,” she said. “A human breed known as colonizer killed millions.”
― Darcie Little Badger, A Snake Falls to Earth

“It was a world-shaper, an act that momentarily tweaked the natural laws through willpower alone.”
― Darcie Little Badger, A Snake Falls to Earth

“Then, Momma explained that she once met an elm person who was a thousand years old, with bark tougher than the plates on an armadillo’s back. Everyone called her the screaming elm, because she wailed “Where am I?” all day long.”
― Darcie Little Badger, A Snake Falls to Earth

“Hey Daysona!”
The possum stood and regarded us with splendidly large brown eyes. Her thin lips were flecked with blue-black bean try juice.
“I thought the berries were supposed to go in your basket, not your mouth!”
“I’m multitasking.” Dave shona shouted back, holding up a nearly full woven blueberry basket.”
― Darcie Little Badger, A Snake Falls to Earth

“And their voices had a keenly musical quality. It wasn't that the animal people barked out literal instrumental notes or sand when they spoke. Rather, their words ignited emotional responses Nina had previously only experienced through music. When they were worried, she experienced the squeals of violins, the quick-heartbeat thrum of a thriller soundtrack. Risk and Reign's bickering had the impact of a rattling gourd and snare drum. Oli's hopeful questions were reminiscent of the lo-fi hip-hop Nina played when she studied.”
― Darcie Little Badger, A Snake Falls to Earth

“Oh? Oh? You can’t control yourself? That makes you even more dangerous.”
― Darcie Little Badger, A Snake Falls to Earth

“I don’t need the path anymore.”
― Darcie Little Badger, A Snake Falls to Earth