43 Quotes About Joy-harjo

I am alwaysin danger.

These are the ones who escapeafter the last hurt is turned inward;they are the most dangerous ones.

Because who would believethe fantastic and terrible story of all of our survivalthose who were never meant to survive?

I release you, fear, because you holdthese scenes in front of me and I was bornwith eyes that can never close.

You savored each story they told you,and rememberedthe way the stars entered your bloodat birth.

You took me onceto an older part of earthI'd never seen—where monsters were bornand killed.They sacrificed everythingand nothingfor a taste of thislife.

Oh, you have choked me, but I gave you the leash.You have gutted me but I gave you the knife.You have devoured me, but I laid myself across the fire.

But what captured him was a light in the riverfolding open and openblood, heart and stonesshimmering like the Milky Way.

and this achethis trembling achehaunts me endlesslylike you.