Columbus only discovered that he was in some new place. He didn't discover America.
Louise Erdrich

Here I am, where I ought to be. A writer must have a place where he or she feels this, a place to love and be irritated with.
Louise Erdrich

I got well by talking. Death could not get a word in edgewise, grew discouraged, and traveled on.
Louise Erdrich

I was in love with the whole world and all that lived in its rainy arms.
Louise Erdrich

It was enough just to sit there without words.
Louise Erdrich

Love won't be tampered with, love won't go away. Push it to one side and it creeps to the other.
Louise Erdrich

You know, some people fall right through the hole in their lives. It's invisible, but they come to it after time, never knowing where.
Louise Erdrich