“Everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease an herb to cure it, and every person a mission. This is the Indian theory of existence.” – Mourning Dove

Sources: https://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/mourningdove.htm, Lucullus Virgil McWhorter Photograph Collection, PC 85, https://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-quotes/