12 Louise Erdrich Quotes for You to Enjoy

Louise Erdrich

American Writer

Born: Jun 7, 1954

Father Going Love Mother People Write

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My mother is Turtle Mountain Chippewa, and she lived on her home reservation. My father taught there. He had just been discharged from the Air Force. He went to school on the GI Bill and got his teaching credentials. He is adventurous - he worked his way through Alaska at age seventeen and paid for his living expenses by winning at the poker table. Louise Erdrich

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

Words Sit Enough Without Just

My grandfather was a persuasive man who made friends with people at every level of influence. In order to fight against our tribe's termination, he went to newspapers and politicians and urged them to advocate for our tribe in Washington. He also supported his family through the Depression as a truck farmer. Louise Erdrich

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

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

Love World Arms Whole Lived Rainy

I'd love to meet my ancestors. I'd love to be able to speak to them. Louise Erdrich

Love Speak Meet Ancestors Able Them

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

Time You People Some People Fall Some Through Never Invisible Come Know Knowing Where After Hole Lives Right

My father is my biggest literary influence. Recently, I've been looking through his letters. He was in the National Guard when I was a child, and whenever he left, he would write to me. He wrote letters to me all through college, and we still correspond. His letters, and my mother's, are one of my life's treasures. Louise Erdrich

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Most writers have been influenced by Faulkner. Louise Erdrich

Faulkner Writers Most Been Influenced

I write first drafts by hand. Never do I open an umbrella inside the house. I don't predict wins or losses. I used to stand on a certain piece of rug if my brothers and husband were watching football and their team got in trouble - but now the luck went out of that rug. If a circle is involved, I try to go clockwise. Louise Erdrich

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