"But we danced, under wigs and between unfinished……" — Sherman Alexie

"But we danced, under wigs and between unfinished walls, through broken promises and around empty cupboards."

— Sherman Alexie

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178 Quotes by Sherman Alexie

Sherman Alexie has 178 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I felt so conflicted about having fled the rez as a kid that I created a whole literary career that…
Don't live up to your stereotypes.
When you read a piece of writing that you admire, send a note of thanks to the author.
I don't know what any individual should do about crossing her own borders. I only know that I live a…
I was a controversial figure on my reservation when I was a kid. I was mouthy and opinionated and arrogant.…
If I wasn't writing poems I'd be washing my hands all the time.
My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures.
The dream he needed most was the dream that frightened him more.
We all know the Indians were colonized by the Europeans, but every colonized Indian has been colonized by the Indian…
In the middle of the night, when you're ambiguously ethnic, like me, when you're brown, beige, mauve, siena, one of…
Sixty percent of all Indians live in urban areas, but nobody's writing about them. They're really an underrepresented population, and…
I think that white women are more apt to read laterally. So I think there's some strong identification for women,…

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More Broken Quotes

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Moshing and broken glass just don't go together. — Billie Joe Armstrong
Our immigration system is a broken system that needs to be fixed. We need reform that provides hardworking people of… — Joe Baca
Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken. — Abigail Adams
I've had my heart broken one too many times. — Tyra Banks
At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter. — Henry Adams
I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg. — James M. Barrie
Beyond politics, the West is suffering from what can be called a crisis of brokenness - broken institutions, broken families… — Gary Bauer
Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the… — Simone de Beauvoir
I hate to say it but I think it has become very obvious that our system for devising trade agreements,… — Xavier Becerra
All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right… — Henry Ward Beecher
In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better,… — Gael Garcia Bernal
Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken. — Yogi Berra

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