[F]rank knew he was guilty of arrogance and misanthropy, but he compensated by being kind to strangers and tipping really well at… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I suddenly understood that if every moment of a book should be taken seriously, then every moment of a life should be… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Yep, my daddy was an undependable drunk. But he'd never missed any of my organized games, concerts, plays, or picnics. He may… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Well, as a native, as a colonized people you do live in the in between. The thing is I'm native. But necessarily… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
And then I realized that my sister was trying to LIVE a romance novel. Man, that takes courage and imagination. Well, it… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Well, I think the worst part about tribalism is its tendency to fundamentalize, and if I can fight fundamentalism in any of… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Gordie, the white boy genius, gave me this book by a Russian dude named Tolstoy, who wrote, 'Happy families are all alike;… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I got in a fight with my girlfriend," I said. "I was just driving around, blowing off steam, you know?" Well, you… — 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
And none of these people, not one of them, had loved any of the others well enough. Failures, he thought, we're all… — 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
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