Ukatangi talked and talked to keep the wolf away. But it talked so much it heard only itself. Not the river, not the wind, not even the wolf. But the raven came and said the wolf is hungry. If you stop talking you'll hear him. The wind too, and when you hear the wind, you'll fly. The eagle...the eagle soared and its flight said all it needed to say. - Marilyn Whirlwind (Elaine Miles), Northern Exposure