I've learned that the worst thing a parent can do is ignore their children — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“I dial home. My mother answers. “Hey, Ma,” I say, “Can I talk to Poppa?” She gasps, And then I remember that… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“He said his prayers just in case his parents had been wrong about God all those years.” — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“Did she say anything before she died?" he asked. "Yes," the surgeon said. "She said, 'Forgive him'" "Forgive him?" my father asked.… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“So I guess you were hopelessly romantic and easily distracted, a B-plus mother, certainly good enough to get into Matriarchal State University… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“My mother and grandmother’s conversation doesn’t belong in the cloud. That old song is too sacred for the Internet. So,” — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“Sibling Rivalry Yes, my mother was a better mother To my sisters and brothers, But they were better children Than me, the… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“And now I need To do something Excessively Indian So I will name All of the pine trees On the reservation. That… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“In other nightmares, in his everyday reality, Victor watched his father take a drink of vodka on a completely empty stomach. Victor… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Yes, I am Irish and Indian, which would be the coolest blend in the world if my parents were around to teach… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“Walk the midway and hear the carnival barker. Come see the freak named after his deceased father. Come see the prince who… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“I prayed to Our Father and I called my father. And one father remained silent and the other quickly came to get… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“Utensil While feasting On venison stew After we buried my mother, I recognized my spoon And realized my family Had been using… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
My father was sleepless most of his life. So by the age of five, I was awake with him all night long,… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“the earth is our grandmother and that technology has become our mother and that they both hate each other.” — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“My mother once made a quilt from dozens of pairs of second- and third- and fourth- hand blue jeans that she bought… — 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
