Louise Erdrich

"Women are strong, strong, terribly strong. We don’t know how strong until we’re pushing out our babies."

- Louise Erdrich

"My grandfather was a persuasive man who made friends with people at every level of influence. In order to fight against our tribe's termination, he went to newspapers and politicians and urged them to advocate for our tribe in Washington. He also supported his family through the Depression as a truck farmer."

- Louise Erdrich

"Now that I knew fear, I also knew it was not permanent. As powerful as it was, its grip on me would loosen. It would pass."

- Louise Erdrich