“It is only just passing from one country to another.”

Calm acceptance of mortality as a simple transition rather than an ending · Letter on approaching death

• Acceptance
• Death
• Faith

“The United States has been, and is, the greatest wrong-doer to the Indian.”

A direct condemnation of national responsibility for injustice · A Century of Dishonor

• Truth
• War

“As soon as I began, it seemed impossible to write fast enough—I wrote faster than I would write a letter—two thousand to three thousand words in a morning, and I cannot help it.”

Describing the almost compulsive creative force that drove the novel · On writing Ramona

• Creativity
• Inspiration
• Writing