Windwalker Quotes in Windwalker (1980)

Horse That Follows: [translated from the Cheyenne] You were once a boy?

Windwalker: [translated from the Cheyenne] Old men do not grow from young girls.

Windwalker: [remembering his past] I never saw my son again, but the pain of wondering still burns within my heart. Searching for this lost one has kept me long upon the earth, but now I look no more. It is a good day to die.

Happy Wind: [translated from the Cheyenne] Grandfather, where did you get this big bear skin?

Windwalker: [translated from the Cheyenne] From a big bear... that's where.

Windwalker: [upon waking to find himself on a burial platform] Grandfather! This is a good joke... but now I would continue my journey to the Land of the Spirits.

Windwalker: Oh Great One... I have not heard with my ears, but now I understand with my heart!

Windwalker: [to his grandsons as they prepare to face the Crow warriors] It is too soon for you to be warriors. Your hearts are brave, but they are small. Today our hearts are full of one another. We must fight... we must fight!

Windwalker: [to his grandsons as they prepare to fight, translated from the Cheyenne] Do not fear death... as Spring begins with Winter, so death begins with birth. It is only a step in the great circle of life. Fight without fear... you are Cheyenne! You are Cheyenne!

Windwalker: [realizing that Crow Brother is his long-lost son, translated from the Cheyenne] For this you have kept me so long! Now I understand... my son is returned to me!

[last lines]

Windwalker: What a good joke this has been, Grandfather... saving such a good part of my life until I thought my life was past. Thank you for allowing me to be their teacher... and to unite my family once again!