Quote by Sherman Alexie Download Open image ““we worship the salmon because we eat salmon”” — Sherman Alexie ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“The salmon swims against the current simply because he wants to be like the others.” — Fulvio Fiori Copy Share Image
“Some of the young ladies even ate the salmon without concern to vital humors--when everyone knew colored fish flesh could bring on an attack… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
“What is it like to be a Spokane Indian without wild salmon? It is like being a Christian if Jesus had never rolled back… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“I love salmon. Of all my fishy friends, I love salmon the best. Or trout. Or tuna. Or smelts. Oh heck. I love them… — Mallory M. O'Connor Copy Share Image
“You never see a lion crucifyng another lion. You never see a bear just randomly murdering salmon for anything besides food; bears don't form… — Shalom Auslander Copy Share Image
“Is getting filthy rich still your goal above all goals, your be-all and end-all, the mist-shrouded high-altitude spawning pond to your inner salmon?” — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“I’ll dine on apple flesh and cinnamon, while feeding you one line after another. Some lines will have salmon hooked on at the end.… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“Could you imagine what a salmon would say if you asked it about its life? We think our lives are miserable? If only a… — Soroosh Shahrivar 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
