“Indian believes they ain’t but two sins… bein a coward… and turnin agin yer own kind.”
— Forrest Carter
“He loves deep… hates hard, ever’thing’s that killed what he loves. All great warriors are sich men.”
— Forrest Carter
“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.”
— Forrest Carter
“You cannot know where your people are going if you don’t know where your people have been.”
— Forrest Carter
“It is good that a man’s enemies want him dead, for it proves he has lived a life of worth.”
— Forrest Carter