the yak occidental

Here is a selection of memorable quotes from Alice by Christina Henry She knew what he offered. He would kill her first, with the gun or the knife or his fists if he had to, and make certain she was never trapped in that cage again. From another man this might be terrifying, that he would so blithely consider murdering his companion. But she understood that from Hatcher this was tantamount to an offer of marriage. This was what he could do for her, how he showed he cared.  p.46-47 Hatcher smiled at her, and she smiled back. It was nice, Alice mused, to remember that there was a purpose to living besides madness and death.  p.220 “‘Why’ is a girl’s question, and we are no longer girls,” Dor said, and turned away.  p.269

Here is a selection of memorable quotes from  The Lost Journals of Sacajewea: A Novel by Debra Magpie Earling. At night the amber-green glow of Mountain Cats surround our camp, their eyes glaring in the Trees. So much blood makes us all prey. p.17 To know People, Apps told me, you must watch them. You must see them in all their ways. You must see them in all their weaknesses. To know yourself, Bia told me, you must watch People. You will know what waits you if you attend to others. You will know your want. p. 133 Old Woman nods her head as she looks at me. Stories are not always remembered the way they happened, she says. p.225 Do not trust anyone who tells you you cannot tell your story. Do not trust anyone who tells you there is only one story. If there were only one story Or one way of seeing things all stories would die. p.225