To be known for one's saddest story is not the road to notoriety anyone would willingly choose.

- Michael Dorris

I watched the way you watch when you know you want to remember.

- Michael Dorris

I certainly don't object to [writers] trying to imagine the lives of other societies, but you have to do it with a certain amount of humility and res…

- Michael Dorris

We Americans are tempted to distinguish ourselves from other current and former inhabitants of this planet by assuming that we are ruled by progress.

- Michael Dorris

The necessity of loyalty between friends, the responsibility that the strong owe the infirm, the illusion of ill-gotten gain, the rewards of hard wor…

- Michael Dorris

Considering that virtually none of the standard fare surrounding Thanksgiving contains an ounce of authenticity, historical accuracy, or cross-cultur…

- Michael Dorris

My son will forever travel through a moonless night with only the roar of wind for company.... A drowning man is not separated from the lust for air …

- Michael Dorris

Here are two facts that should not both be true: - There is sufficient food produced in the world every year to feed every human being on the planet…

- Michael Dorris

Don't ask so many questions and they will all be answered.

- Michael Dorris