Old love, middle love, the kind of love that knows itself and knows that nothing lasts, is a desperate shared wildness. - Louise Erdrich

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Old love, middle love, the kind of love that knows itself and knows that nothing lasts, is a desperate shared wildness.

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About Louise Erdrich

Louise Erdrich (born Karen Louise Erdrich June 7, 1964) is an American author, novelist, poet, and children's author who features Native American themes in her writings. She is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, a federally recognized tribe of Ojibwe people.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Alessio Jacona from Rome, Italy (CC BY-SA)

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Alternative Names: Karen Louise Erdrich

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I’ve come to love the traditional Ojibwe ceremonies, and some rituals, but I hate religious rules. They are usually about controlling women. On Sundays when other people go to wood-and-stone churches, I like to take my daughters into the woods. Or at least work in the garden and be outside. Any god we have is out there. I’d hate to be certain that there was nothing. When it comes to God, I cherish doubt.

Ravens are the birds I'll miss most when I die. If only the darkness into which we must look were composed of the black light of their limber intelligence. If only we did not have to die at all. Instead, become ravens.

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