Rudy Wiebe quotes

Rudy Wiebe quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Understand is not the word; you are right, you can never really 'understand' about someone, anyone, even yourself. It is best to believe in them as human; feel that they are alive like you and need warmth, concern.”
-- Rudy Wiebe

Source : Rudy Wiebe (2011). “The Blue Mountains of China”, p.325, New Canadian Library

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“Any Canadian looking in the bathroom mirror is sure to recognize one of Guy Vanderhaeghe's people. Man Descending is the startling debut of an excellent writer.”
-- Rudy Wiebe

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“Songs, stories are beyond value; they are the memory and wisdom of a people, the particular individual rivers of the sea of life which constitutes us all.”
-- Rudy Wiebe

Source : Rudy Wiebe (2003). “Playing Dead: A Contemplation Concerning the Arctic”, Newest Press

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“Five hundred and fifty generations have lived here. Only the stories we tell each other will create us as a true Canadian people.”
-- Rudy Wiebe

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