Quotes About Ghost Dance

For all their differences, holy rollers and Ghost Dancers had much in common. Americans who took up holiness sought to free the spirit by lifting the heavy hand of scientific rationalism and engaging emotionally with Christ . . . Parallel ideas circulated in the Ghost Dance, which advanced bodily healing and cultural resurgence through spirit intervention.

Death is a terrible thing, Tom," he sobbed. "Life's worse," said The Wounded Bad Man gently. He was seated apart, with the baby in his arms, shielding it from the sun with his broad sombrero. "Death can only get you once, but Life is a ghost dance. I wonder what it has in store for you, kidlets. I wonder.