Here are a few more great quotes from Erdrich:
“My father’s chin jutted, his hands tightened on the wheel. He had a profile that would look Indian on a movie poster, Roman on a coin.”
“…a life that had worn itself into bachelor grooves
and a house of womanless chaos.”
“She often exuded faint undertones of hay, dust, and the fragrance of horse, which once you smell it you always miss it.”