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Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two QUOTES

Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two QUOTES

1 " Another of the hard things about being in a war, grandchildren, is that although there are times of quiet when the fighting has stopped, you know you will soon be fighting again. Those quiet times give you the chance to think about what has happened. Some of it you would rather not think about, as you remember the pain and the sorrow. You also have time to worry about what will happen when you go into battle again. "

― Joseph Bruchac , Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

2 " Never think that war is a good thing, grandchildren. Though it may be necessary at times to defend our people, war is a sickness that must be cured. War is a time out of balance. When it is truly over, we must work to restore peace and sacred harmony once again. "

― Joseph Bruchac , Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

3 " Kill every enemy twice, Wilky said. Better than gettin' shot by a soldier pretending to be dead. "

― Joseph Bruchac , Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

4 " Strong words outlast the paper they are written upon. "

― Joseph Bruchac , Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

5 " I wish you had been there with me in that picture,” he used to say to Wilsie and me. “It is so lonely being there forever without another Indian. "

― Joseph Bruchac , Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

6 " General Kuribayashi, "

― Joseph Bruchac , Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

7 " However, despite our lack of facial hair, every Navajo recruit was still expected to put soap on his face each morning and scrape away his imaginary beard. What you did in boot camp did not have to make sense. You just had to do it. "

― Joseph Bruchac , Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

8 " All of those cases were clearly marked on the side in English: U.S.A. FOOD RELIEF It was indeed the very same food donated by Americans to Japan before the war. The Japanese military government had stolen it from their own hungry people. "

― Joseph Bruchac , Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

9 " Let me have clear thoughts, clear speech, and a good path to walk this day,” I prayed as I watched the rising sun. "

― Joseph Bruchac , Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

10 " During World War One, our country had used other Indians, Cherokees and Chickasaws, to send messages in their own language to confuse the enemy. "

― Joseph Bruchac , Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

11 " As the battle for Iwo Jima raged all around us, our voices held it together. "

― Joseph Bruchac , Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

12 " Never forget, grandchildren, that we must always see all other people as human beings, worthy of respect. "

― Joseph Bruchac , Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

13 " It was easier for me to run now because all us code talkers had the new lighter portable radio units. But it was not just because the new unit on my back was lighter that I ran so much faster. I no longer had forty pounds of TBX radio to hide behind and I needed to get to cover as fast as I could. "

― Joseph Bruchac , Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

14 " Our ancestors saw what war does to human beings. When we must fight other humans, injure and kill them, we also injure a part of ourselves. Our spirits become sick from contact with the enemy. "

― Joseph Bruchac , Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

15 " So, when all of our people did not stop raiding, the Americans made war on all of the Navajos. They burned our crops, killed our livestock, and cut down our peach trees. They drove our people into exile. They sent us on the Long Walk. "

― Joseph Bruchac , Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

16 " I leaned way back to gaze at the blanket of blue sky where a few small clouds hung, white as the fleece of a new lamb. “Even out on the ocean,” Bill said, “Father Sky will be above us. We will never be forgotten by the sky. "

― Joseph Bruchac , Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

17 " Everyone called that plane Washing Machine Charlie,” Sam said. "

― Joseph Bruchac , Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

18 " He placed his left hand on my chest and I did the same. We stood there like that for a while feeling each other’s hearts beat with love for our sacred homelands. It was one of the best conversations I ever had. "

― Joseph Bruchac , Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

19 " Why did we make up nicknames? Maybe they were easier to remember. Maybe, too, they just made frightening things more familiar, even a little funny in the midst of the seriousness of war. "

― Joseph Bruchac , Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two