Forrest Carter

“He loves deep... hates hard, ever'thing's that killed what he loves. All great warriors are sich men.”

“You cannot know where your people are going if you don't know where your people have been.”

“It is good that a man's enemies want him dead, for it proves he has lived a life of worth.”

“Granma's name was Bonnie Bee. I knew that when I heard him late at night say, 'I kin ye, Bonnie Bee,' he was saying, 'I love ye,' for the feeling was in the words.”