My parents banned nothing, though the Christian fundamentalists in my tribe held book-and-record burnings every now and again. So, yes, fundamentalist assholes… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“So I heard the boom of my father's rifle when he shot my best friend. A bullet only costs about two cents,… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
If a parent doesn't want his/her child to read a book then there is always an alternative text to read. But the… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
When anybody, no matter how old they are, loses a parent, I think it hurts the same as if you were only… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
She told me that every other step was just for me.' But that's only half of the dance,' I said. Yeah,' my… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“Sir, in your thirty-nine years as a parent, you broke your children's hearts, collectively and individually, 612 times and you did this… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
My father was always depressed. When he was home and sober, he was mostly in his room. — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Non-Indian writers usually say "Great Spirit," "Mother Earth," "Two-Legged, Four-Legged, and Winged." Mixed-blood writers usually say "Creator, "Mother Earth," "Two-Legged, Four- Legged,… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“I realized that my mother had not taught us the tribal language because she knew her children would not be strong enough… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
My school and my tribe are so poor and sad that we have to study from the same dang books our parents… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I believe in any kid's ability to read any book and form their own judgements. It's the job of a parent to… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“I mean, why are you trying so hard to impress me? I'm really sorry your mother died, but it doesn't mean much… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“yet, I have spent my literary career writing loving odes to my drunken and unreliable father. I have, in a spectacular show… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I caught my mother digging through old photo albums or staring at the wall or out the window. She’d get that… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“It really made me wish I was Roman or Greek, you know? A classical Greek god would have killed his lying, cheating… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“My parents sold blood for money to buy food. Poverty was our spirit animal.” — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
He looked into the crowd for approval, saw his mother and father. He waved and they waved back. Smiles and Indian teeth.… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
My father was a basketball player, so I loved basketball because he did. It was a direct transference. But, more than that,… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Like any good shaman, professional baseball player, or politician, my mother always answered questions with questions. — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“Self-Exam Dear audience, please stand if you were raised By a terrible mother. Okay, okay, Approximately half of you. So I'd say… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“And finally this, when the sun was falling down so beautiful we didn’t have time to give it a name, she held… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“But none of them laughed as hard about my beautiful brain as I knew my father would have. I miss him, the… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“Father Arnold finished the ceremony and asked if anybody had any final words for the dearly departed. "Final words?" Chess asked, "I… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“If you want to make a white man cry, despite the amount of time it’s been since he last wept aloud, then… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I think all of us are always five years old in the presence and absence of our parents. — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“He says the earth is an oval marble that nobody can win. He says the sky is not blue and the grass is not… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“Now, in the old days, Indians used to be forgiving of any kind of eccentricity. In fact, weird people were often celebrated. Epileptics were… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Since Jesus was human then he most assuredly farted and burped. And if God did create us in God's image then God must fart… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“A century ago she might have been beautiful, her face reflected in the river instead of a mirror. But all the years have changed… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I don't think there's a whole lot of class literature at all. I think most of that has become racially based, and people don't… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“Is there really a difference between that killing and this killing? Does God approve of some killing and not other killing? If I kill… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
My parents banned nothing, though the Christian fundamentalists in my tribe held book-and-record burnings every now and again. So, yes, fundamentalist assholes can also… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“Or maybe I could have anesthetized myself with homework and extra credit and binge-reading.” — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“Dear wife, I'm sorry that I am mysteriously incapable of folding clean laundry, but I iron, oh, I iron. Sweetheart, I'll make your white… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
