Quote by Sherman Alexie Download Open image ““Poverty was our spirit animal.”” — Sherman Alexie ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“My parents sold blood for money to buy food. Poverty was our spirit animal.” — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
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“The most important thing of all was not the poverty of its essence, but that it was there .” — David Drake Copy Share Image
“He was convinced that poverty was the only way of life for a certain category of people; they would die without it.” — Ninotchka Rosca Copy Share Image
“And there is another feeling that is a great consolation in poverty. I believe everyone who has been hard up has experienced it. It… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Poverty has a way of taking the edge off principles. Hunger can blunt them altogether.” — Paula Brackston 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
