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One River QUOTES

One River QUOTES

1 " during his four-day vision quest, the Indian built a sweat lodge of willow and hides, fasted, cleansed himself with sage and cedar, and endured the heat of the fire until his spirit was released to soar over a field of snakes. His ordeal ended when a vision of his mother appeared and told him to go back home because he had forgotten his pipe. "

― Wade Davis , One River

2 " Schultes was a naive photographer. For him a beautiful image was one of something beautiful. "

― Wade Davis , One River

3 " For the people of the village every activity was an affirmation of continuity. At dawn the first of the family to go outside formally greeted the sun. "

― Wade Davis , One River

4 " a young Harvard student, traveled west to Oklahoma to live among the Kiowa and participate in the solemn rites of the peyote cult. In one photograph the land appears as a blur of dust, the sky fading to gray, the air darkened by soil worked loose by the wind, the farmhouses "

― Wade Davis , One River

5 " Cuando se ha vivido en completo aislamiento, ¿cómo se puede entender lo que significa perder una cultura? No es sino hasta que ha desaparecido casi por completo y la gente se educa y se dan cuenta de lo que están perdiendo. Para entonces, los atractivos de las nuevas formas de vida son tan irresistibles, que los únicos que quieren volver a las antiguas costumbres son los que nunca vivieron bajo ellas". "

― Wade Davis , One River

6 " Instead, his dream of twelve years was wiped out by the stroke of a pen. "

― Wade Davis , One River