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1 " The Navajo language is too specific and precise to lend itself to effective profanity. Leaphorn cursed in Spanish and then -- at length -- in English. "
― Tony Hillerman , The Blessing Way (Leaphorn & Chee, #1)
2 " Did he expect to be in a hurry coming down? Maybe, Leaphorn thought. Maybe that was it. Time. But Navajos didn't hurry. In fact, there was no word in the Navajo language for time. "
3 " Beyond meeting simple immediate needs, the Navajo Way placed little worth on property. In fact, being richer than one’s clansmen carried with it a social stigma. It was unnatural, and therefore suspicious. "
4 " witches in there to scrutinize, there’s plenty of ruins to keep "
5 " make the deer come out where you could shoot them. But maybe the kangaroo rats "
6 " said. His "
7 " He lay still a moment, allowing consciousness to seep through him, noticing first the predawn chill and that his wife had captured most of the blankets they "
8 " Our society doesn’t have the proper respect for magna cum laude "
9 " McKee had concluded years ago that the intricacies of feminine logic were beyond his comprehension. "
10 " Navajos did not kill with cold-blooded premeditation. Nor did they kill for profit. To do so violated the scale of values of The People. Beyond meeting simple immediate needs, the Navajo Way placed little worth on property. In fact, being richer than one’s clansmen carried with it a social stigma. It was unnatural, and therefore suspicious. "