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An Indian Affairs agent said, 'The question will suggest itself, which of these people are the savages?

~ David Grann

During Xtha-cka Zhi-ga The-the, the Killer of Flowers Moon. I will wade across the river of the blackfish, the otter, the beaver. I will climb the bank where the willow never dies.

~ David Grann

The political hero is not like the sports champion or matinee idol or daring inventor; like the war hero, he is born only of tragedy.

~ David Grann

The amazing thing about the sea is that it is perhaps the last truly unexplored frontier; most oceanographers estimate that only about ninety-five per cent of the sea has been studied. Meanwhile, the oceans are believed to contain more animals than exist on land, a majority of which have never been discovered.

~ David Grann