“It hadn't taken very long to come clean, after so many years of so many lies. It was surprising how undifferent she felt, now that everything— nearly everything— was out in the open.”
“Now, after so many years, I understand what the Coldness was and where it came from—this sense that everything is lost, and worthless, and meaningless.”
“So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many, many years, and then President Clinton lied about a relationship, and everyone was surprised! A little naïve, I feel!”
“Coming back to your native land after an absence of many years is a surprisingly unsettling business, a little like waking up from a long coma.”
“Perspective. Everything was about perspective. One man's darkness was another man's daylight. How come so many people did not realize that?”
“Being with him after so long, after everything we'd endured...it was like coming home.”