John Dunbar quotes

View Quote The strangeness of this life cannot be measured: in trying to produce my own death, I was elevated to the status of a living hero.

View Quote [voiceover] It seems every day ends with a miracle here. And whatever God may be, I thank God for this day.

View Quote [voiceover] Many times I'd felt alone, but until this afternoon I'd never felt completely lonely.

View Quote Nothing I have been told about these people is correct. They are not thieves or beggars. They are not the bogeymen they are made out to be. On the contrary, they are polite guests and I enjoy their humor.

View Quote I had never really known who John Dunbar was. Perhaps because the name itself had no meaning. But as I heard my Sioux name being called over and over, I knew for the first time who I really was.

View Quote It was hard to know how to feel. I had never been in a battle like this one. This had not been a fight for territory or riches or to make men free. This battle had no ego. It had been fought to preserve the food stores that would see us through winter, to protect the lives of women and children and loved ones only a few feet away. I felt a pride I had never felt before.

View Quote [to his army captors who are interrogating him, in Lakota] My name is Dances with Wolves. I will not talk to you anymore. You are not worth talking to.