Quotes from John Fire Lame Deer

If nature puts a burden on a man by making him different, it also gives him a power.

We have a new joke on the reservation: 'What is cultural deprivation?' Answer: 'Being an upper-middle class white kid living in a split-level suburban home with a color TV.'

Love is something that you can leave behind you when you die. It's that powerful.

Men cannot live without mystery. He has a great need of it.