Quotes of Joy Harjo - somelinesforyou

“ I believe in the sun. In the tangle of human failures of fear, greed and forgetfulness, the sun gives me clarity. ”

- Joy Harjo

“ I believe in the sun. In the tangle of human failures of fear, greed and forgetfulness, the sun gives me clarity. ”

- Joy Harjo

“ There is no poetry where there are no mistakes. ”

- Joy Harjo

“ To pray you open your whole self To sky, to earth, to sun, to moon To one whole voice that is you And know there is more That you can't see, can't hear Can't know except in moments Steadly growing, and in languages That aren't always sound but other Circles of motion. Like eagle that Sunday morning Over Salt River. Circled in blue sky In wind, swept our hearts clean With sacred wings. We see you, see ourselves and know That we must take the utmost care And kindness in all things. Breathe in, knowing we are made of All this, and breathe, knowing We are truly blessed because we Were born, and die soon within a True circle of motion, Like eagle rounding out the morning Inside us. We pray that it will be done In beauty. In beauty. ”

- Joy Harjo

“ I spoke with the crows before leaving for Los Angeles. They were the resident storytellers whose strident and insistent voices added the necessary dissonance for color. They had cousins in California, and gave me their names and addresses, told me to look them up… ”

- Joy Harjo

“ It is memory that provides the heart with impetus, fuels the brain, and propels the corn plant from seed to fruit. ”

- Joy Harjo
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