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" I grow tired of the heartache
Of every small and large war
Passed from generation
To generation.
But it is not in me to give up.
I was taught to give honor to the house of the warriors
Which cannot exist without the house of the peacemakers. "

Joy Harjo , An American Sunrise


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Joy Harjo quote : I grow tired of the heartache <br />Of every small and large war <br />Passed from generation<br />To generation. <br />But it is not in me to give up. <br />I was taught to give honor to the house of the warriors <br />Which cannot exist without the house of the peacemakers.