“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
I'm not a pacifist by any measure, but I'm also fully aware that the reasons I might go to war could be… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
When are we left-wingers going to learn that we are losing the cultural and political battle with conservatives because we are fractured… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Okay, so maybe I'm romantic... but somebody is supposed to be romantic. Some warrior is supposed to go to war against the… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“Shit," he said. "I don't know why you're feeling sorry for yourself because you ain't had to fight a war. You're lucky.… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
There's this whole notion of being an Indian - the idea that "warrior" is a positive description of us [Indians as native… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“He was like some kind of Star Wars alien creature with invisible tentacles that sucked your thoughts out of your brain.” — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“The white people always want to fight someone and they always get the dark-skinned people to do the fighting.” — 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
![“There's this whole notion of being an Indian - the idea that "warrior" is a positive description of us [Indians as native Americans]. When an Indian guy does well, he's a warrior, even now. He could be a computer salesman, but if he does well, he's a warrior. I'm not a pacifist by any measure, but…” quote by Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/621/sherman-alexie-444_computer_there-s-this-whole-notion-of-being-an-in_1831106.jpg)
