1
Oblivion, she thought. That was the world she lived in. It was what they should name some countries, towns, and places.Linda Hogan
2
There were times when the light of the moon had gone out and she felt a great loneliness. It wasn't for herself. It was for what had happened to the grasses of their land, their waters, not just the massacre there, the slavery, but the killing of the ocean.Linda Hogan
3
When men decide in their secretly dark or hungry hearts to work their own will, there is little that can stop them. They have inner weather, sometimes unpredictable.Linda Hogan
4
Remembering, in Spanish, means to pass something through the heart again, and now all the years are going through his heart again as he tries to turn away from the ocean. But he hears it and he knows it is out there. Some sleepless nights he goes out. But this night in his sleep he says, "Oh, look at all those beautiful life rafts.Linda Hogan
5
All the stories live in our bodies, he thinks. Every last one.Linda Hogan