"If one reads enough books, one has a…" — Sherman Alexie

"If one reads enough books, one has a fighting chance."

— 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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I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was,… — Sean Astin
The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except… — David Attenborough
I have a big following among the biogeeks of this world. Nobody ever puts them in books. — Margaret Atwood
Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it. — Margaret Atwood
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Our generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But… — Margaret Atwood

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