Walking. I am listening to a deeper way. Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me. Be still, they say. Watch and listen. You are the result of the love of thousands. Linda Hogan More Quotes by Linda Hogan More Quotes From Linda Hogan There is a still place, a gap between the worlds, spoken by the tribal knowings of thousands of years. In it are silent flyings that stand aside from human struggles and the designs of our own makings. At times, when we are silent enough, still enough, we take a step into such mystery, the place of spirit, and mystery, we must remember, by its very nature does not wish to be known. Linda Hogan knowing struggle years There is a language beyond human language, an elemental language, one that arises from the land itself. Linda Hogan arise language land Between earth and earth's atmosphere, the amount of water remains constant; there is never a drop more, never a drop less. This is a story of circular infinity, of a planet birthing itself. Linda Hogan rain rivers water There is a place where the human enters dream and myth, and becomes a part of it, or maybe it is the other way around when the story grows from the body and spirit of humankind. In any case, we are a story, each of us, a bundle of stories, some as false as phantom islands but believed in nevertheless. Some might be true. Linda Hogan stories dream islands Death is dancing me ragged. Linda Hogan ragged dancing death We are full of bread and gas, getting fat on the outside while inside we grow thin Linda Hogan gas fats bread I resented my mother for guessing my innermost secrets. She was like God, everywhere at once knowing everything. Linda Hogan knowing-everything secret mother