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title: "19 Way Quotes By Sherman Alexie"
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> [In a real-world way, my gifts are very limited in terms of what I can do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/in-a-real-world-way-my-gifts-are-very-limited-in-terms-of-what-i-can/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

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> [We all have to find our own ways to say good-bye.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/we-all-have-to-find-our-own-ways-to-say-good-bye/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

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> [I ain't interested in the truth. I'm interested in the way things should be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/i-ain-t-interested-in-the-truth-i-m-interested-in-the-way-things/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

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> [Certainly I'm angry at the way Indians have been treated and continue to be treated. But I don't think it's a helpless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/certainly-i-m-angry-at-the-way-indians-have-been-treated-and-continue/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

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> [it's way too early for him to be talking anyhow but I see in his eyes something and I see in his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/it-s-way-too-early-for-him-to-be-talking-anyhow-but-i-see-in-his-eyes/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

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> [Those Montana Indians were so tough that white people were scared of them. Can you imagine a place where white people are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/those-montana-indians-were-so-tough-that-white-people-were-scared-of/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

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> [There are all kinds of addicts, I guess. We all have pain. And we all look for ways to make the pain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/there-are-all-kinds-of-addicts-i-guess-we-all-have-pain-and-we-all-2/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

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> [All I try to do is portray Indians as we are, in creative ways. With imagination and poetry. I think a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/all-i-try-to-do-is-portray-indians-as-we-are-in-creative-ways-with/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

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> [At least half the country thinks the mascot issue is insignificant. But I think it's indicative of the ways in which Indians…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/at-least-half-the-country-thinks-the-mascot-issue-is-insignificant/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

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> [Everyone I have lost in the closing of a door the click of the lock is not forgotten, they do not die…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/everyone-i-have-lost-in-the-closing-of-a-door-the-click-of-the-lock/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

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> [Bush has not read enough books to have a developed moral sense. The fewer books you read, the easier it is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/bush-has-not-read-enough-books-to-have-a-developed-moral-sense-the/)

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> [At least half the country thinks the mascot issue is insignificant. But I think it's indicative of the ways in which Indians…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/at-least-half-the-country-thinks-the-mascot-issue-is-insignificant-2/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

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> [Gordie, the white boy genius, gave me this book by a Russian dude named Tolstoy, who wrote, 'Happy families are all alike;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/gordie-the-white-boy-genius-gave-me-this-book-by-a-russian-dude-named/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

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> [Environmentalism is a luxury. Just like being a vegetarian is a luxury. When you have to worry about eating - you're not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/environmentalism-is-a-luxury-just-like-being-a-vegetarian-is-a-luxury/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

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> [I end up feeling like a spy in the house of ethnicity, you know? Because people will talk around me as they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/i-end-up-feeling-like-a-spy-in-the-house-of-ethnicity-you-know/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

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> [When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing. And so, laughing and crying,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/when-it-comes-to-death-we-know-that-laughter-and-tears-are-pretty-2/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

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> [What's the difference between bulimics and anorexics?" I ask. "Anorexics are anorexics all the time," she says, "I'm only bulimic when I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/what-s-the-difference-between-bulimics-and-anorexics-i-ask-anorexics/)

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> [And I couldn't make fun of her for that dream. It was my dream, too. And Indian boys weren't supposed to dream…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/and-i-couldn-t-make-fun-of-her-for-that-dream-it-was-my-dream-too-and/)

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> [The cello looks like a woman to me. And, you know, the curves. And so I am in a way, and it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/the-cello-looks-like-a-woman-to-me-and-you-know-the-curves-and-so-i/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

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## Other authors on Way

## More by Sherman Alexie

> [“He says the earth is an oval marble that nobody can win. He says the sky is not blue and the grass is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/he-says-the-earth-is-an-oval-marble-that-nobody-can-win-he-says-the/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

> [“Now, in the old days, Indians used to be forgiving of any kind of eccentricity. In fact, weird people were often celebrated. Epileptics were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/now-in-the-old-days-indians-used-to-be-forgiving-of-any-kind-of/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/since-jesus-was-human-then-he-most-assuredly-farted-and-burped-and-if/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

> [“A century ago she might have been beautiful, her face reflected in the river instead of a mirror. But all the years have changed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/a-century-ago-she-might-have-been-beautiful-her-face-reflected-in-the/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

> [“In all those stories, I could fly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/in-all-those-stories-i-could-fly/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/i-don-t-think-there-s-a-whole-lot-of-class-literature-at-all-i-think/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

> [She wanted to be buried in a coffin filled with used paperbacks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/she-wanted-to-be-buried-in-a-coffin-filled-with-used-paperbacks/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

> [“Is there really a difference between that killing and this killing? Does God approve of some killing and not other killing? If I kill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/is-there-really-a-difference-between-that-killing-and-this-killing/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

> [“Son, things have never been like how you think they used to be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/son-things-have-never-been-like-how-you-think-they-used-to-be/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/my-parents-banned-nothing-though-the-christian-fundamentalists-in-my/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

> [“Or maybe I could have anesthetized myself with homework and extra credit and binge-reading.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/or-maybe-i-could-have-anesthetized-myself-with-homework-and-extra/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/dear-wife-i-m-sorry-that-i-am-mysteriously-incapable-of-folding-clean/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

> [“Gordy,” I said. “I need to talk to you." "I don't have time," he said. "Mr. Orcutt and I have to debug some PCs.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/gordy-i-said-i-need-to-talk-to-you-i-don-t-have-time-he-said-mr/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

> [“The United States wants all of us to forget the crimes it committed against the indigenous. The United States wants us to forget. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/the-united-states-wants-all-of-us-to-forget-the-crimes-it-committed/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

> [I think that white women are more apt to read laterally. So I think there's some strong identification for women, and their political and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/i-think-that-white-women-are-more-apt-to-read-laterally-so-i-think/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

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