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A word has power in and of itself. It comes from nothing into sound and meaning; it gives origin to all things.

A word has power in and of itself. It comes from nothing into sound and meaning; it gives origin to all things.

N. Scott Momaday
Giving, Sound, All Things
N. Scott Momaday (1976). “The Way to Rainy Mountain”, p.33, UNM Press

Once in his life a man ought to concentrate his mind upon the remembered earth. He ought to give himself up to a particular landscape in his experience; to look at it from as many angles as he can, to wonder upon it, and dwell upon it.

N. Scott Momaday
Home, Men, Giving
N. Scott Momaday (1976). “The Way to Rainy Mountain”, p.83, UNM Press

The first word gives origin to the second, the first and second to the third, and the third to the fourth, and so on. You cannot begin with the second word.

N. Scott Momaday
Giving, Firsts, Thirds
N. Scott Momaday (1976). “The Names: A Memoir”, p.154, University of Arizona Press

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