“You meet me after school right here", I said. "Why?" he asked. I couldn't believe he was so stupid. "Because we're going… — 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
Every Indian kid has access to MySpace and Facebook. But that doesn't mean they have access to books and great teachers. This… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
In high school I dated a white woman. She would come to visit me on the rez. And her dad, who was… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
You want the good life? You live where white people live, you go to school where white people go to school, and… — 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
