Hunting by Stars Quotes

“They never win when we remember.”
― Cherie Dimaline, Hunting by Stars

“Sometimes you risk everything for a life worth living, even if you’re not the one who’ll be alive to live it.”
― Cherie Dimaline, Hunting by Stars

“The wasp sting of capitalism was left to grow malignant without proper care. And wasps can keep on stinging once they begin. They don’t die like bees, so they don’t have to be as committed to the damage. We as humans forgot our specific place and spread into every place instead. As if we were removed from consequence. As if we were untouchable. We couldn’t even imagine the Earth retaliating. And then it did.”
― Cherie Dimaline, Hunting by Stars

“That isn't our border. That's an imaginary line drawn by politicians and land prospectors. The only thing we have to worry about is who the original people are so we can honor the lands we are on, and if we do that and remember to keep doing that, they don't win. They never win when we remember.”
― Cherie Dimaline, Hunting by Stars

“I wondered if those tourists saw the truth of an abandoned place. That it was fuller than a mall, more bustling than an old freeway. Because the Earth didn’t stutter. It moved ahead, smooth and elegant, and uncoiled its fingers into every last place, hooking nails under crook and groove. Now so much of the country was abandoned, and we had never lived in a more crowded space.”
― Cherie Dimaline, Hunting by Stars

“And I couldn’t get Sunny out of my head, the way her hand had gone limp in mine before it was yanked free with the quick violence only a badge could bring, knowing there were no arguments to be had unless you wanted things to get even worse.”
― Cherie Dimaline, Hunting by Stars

“We as humans forgot our specific place and spread into every place instead. As if we were removed from consequence. As if we were untouchable. We couldn’t even imagine the Earth retaliating. And then it did.”
― Cherie Dimaline, Hunting by Stars

“because I’d needed to feel the biggest I could, and that was with laughter, especially out here, right now. Laughter made space.”
― Cherie Dimaline, Hunting by Stars

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― Cherie Dimaline, Hunting by Stars