The Way to Rainy Mountain Quotes

The Way to Rainy Mountain Quotes

"When the wild herds were destroyed, so too was the will of the Kiowa people; there was nothing to sustain them in spirit." Prologue, pg. 3

"To look upon that landscape in the early morning, with the sun at your back, is to lose the sense of proportion." Introduction, pg. 5

"My grandmother had a reverence for the sun, a holy regard that now is all but gone out of mankind." Introduction, pg. 8

"They called themselves Kwuda, "coming out." Chapter 1, pg. 16

"Before there were horses the Kiowas had need of dogs. That was a long time ago, when dogs could talk." Chapter 3, pg. 20

"One of the boys held the calf's liver - still warm and wet with life - in his hand, eating of it with great relish." Chapter 5, pg. 25

"The grandmother spider told him never to throw the ring into the sky,...
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