“A bullet only costs about two cents, and anybody can afford that.” — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“My parents sold blood for money to buy food. Poverty was our spirit animal.” — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Poverty doesn’t give you strength or teach you lessons about perseverance. No, poverty only teaches you how to be poor. — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
There isn't a lot of poverty literature in the young-adult world. And I don't know why that is, but I think certainly… — 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
Environmentalism is a luxury. Just like being a vegetarian is a luxury. When you have to worry about eating - you're not… — 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
“I hate my country. There are so many rich people who don't share their shit. They're like spoiled little ten-year-old bullies on… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“Scholars talk about the endless cycle of poverty and racism and classism and crime. But I don't see it as a cycle,… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“For the mentally disturbed, Marie knew these sandwich visits might be the only dependable moments in their lives. She also knew she… — 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
