It would be nice to live off the land and fix cars.
I don’t like this romanticization of Indian people in which Indian people are looked at as spiritual saviors, as people who have always taken care of the land. We’re human beings. But I think different cultures have developed different aspects of humanness.
I understood that my family was rich in love but would probably never own the land my father, John, dreamed of owning. My mother, Willie Ella Mays Clarke, was a washerwoman for poor white folks in the area of Columbus, Georgia where the writer Carson McCullers once lived.
If a queen bee were crossed with a Friesian bull, would not the land flow with milk and honey?
Our family has lived in Iran for 2,500 years, and Iranian Jewry has the long history in that land.
The Lord gave me ‘Sojourner,’ because I was to travel up an’ down the land, showin’ the people their sins an’ bein’ a sign unto them. Afterwards, I told the Lord I wanted another name ’cause everybody else had two names, and the Lord gave me ‘Truth,’ because I was to declare the truth to people.
I jumped off a platform, was supposed to land on a roof and slide down it, but I cleared the roof and landed on my ankle – snapped that to one side.
Land bridges were everywhere during the extinction, many species were spreading, and there were many diseases.
When you look at the stars and the galaxy, you feel that you are not just from any particular piece of land, but from the solar system.
