Poetry Quote by Joy Harjo — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Let's not shame our eyes for seeing. Instead, thank them for their bravery.”

“All acts of kindness are lights in the war for justice.”

“Do not feed the monsters.”

“Be who you are, even if it kills you.”

“World is suddener than we fancy it.”

“His head propped on a stack of poetry books he’d brought from the library. Almost all of them had been inscribed on the inside cover by a James Herondale, who had neatly written out his favorite lines.”

“Sometimes to self-discover you must self-destruct.”

“She had more of me then I had of myself. We were both wild birds chasing the stars. We’d lose our way and find new places, close our eyes and fall back towards a constellation of dreams. We wrapped ourselves in a blanket of passion and each night we fell deeper without control, into this strange space called love.”

“Don't you just love poetry that gives you a crinkly feeling up and down your back?”

“If what we need to dream, to move our spirits most deeply and directly toward and through promise, is discounted as a luxury, then we give up the core -- the fountain -- of our power, our womanness; we give up the future of our worlds. (From "Poetry is Not a Luxury")”