# Quote — Linda Hogan, Mean Spirit

> It was here, in religion, that all their sorrow came out. Moses could hear the Indian preacher speak, "And when the spirit touches us, there won't be any more danger here on earth," said the evangelist. "No mean spirits walking this land, no smallness in people, no heartaches, no sorrow, nor any pain." Moses knew the man's arms were raised up before the sad adults, and he heard the congregation cry out, "Amen," and in that word they were bound together. (p 71)

- Author: [Linda Hogan](https://www.leafyquotes.com/linda-hogan.md)
- Book: [Mean Spirit](https://www.leafyquotes.com/linda-hogan/mean-spirit.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Linda_Hogan_(writer)#Part_One) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/linda-hogan/mean-spirit/it-was-here

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> The next day as he rode on toward the bluffs, Stace Red Hawk felt a renewal of faith, the kind of feeling that comes to a man in silence, when he takes notice that a tree is older than himself, and that it will remain when he is gone. (p 230)

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> In spite of the wedding, it was a year of separations. Not only were people turning away from one another, but there were other splittings, mind from heart, body from spirit. Some broke quickly, weeping openly and without shame in public places. In others...the changes were barely visible. (p 170)

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> he glanced toward them, swallowed, and said quietly, "So sorry...It's not me doing it. It's not even the leasers. It's what is legal."
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> Belle sat down. "Why is it that so many crimes are backed up by your laws?"

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