Sherman Alexie quotes

If I wasn't writing poems, I'd be washing my hands all the time. (Sherman Alexie)
When a glass sits on a table here, people don't wonder if it's half filled or half empty. They just hope it's good beer. View quote
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I used to sleep with my books in piles all over my bed and sometimes they were the only thing keeping me warm and always the only thing keeping me alive. Books are the best and worst defense. View quote
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I suddenly understood that if every moment of a book should be taken seriously, then every moment of a life should be taken seriously as well. View quote
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I don't want long hair, I don't want short hair, I don't want hair at all, and I don't want to be a girl or a boy, I want to be a yellow-orange leaf some little kid picks up and pastes in his scrapbook. View quote
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I've learned that the worst thing a parent can do is ignore their children. View quote
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We're all travelling heavy with illusions. View quote
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You have to love somebody that much to also hate them that much, too. View quote
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I didn't know what to say to her. What do you say to people when they ask how it feels to lose everything? When every planet in your solar system has exploded? View quote
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The world, even the smallest parts of it, is filled with things you don't know. View quote
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I was studying the sky like I was an astronomer, except it was daytime and I didn't have a telescope, so I was just an idiot. (Sherman Alexie)
We Indians really should be better liars, considering how often we've been lied to. View quote
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Yep, my daddy was an undependable drunk. But he'd never missed any of my organized games, concerts, plays, or picnics. He may not have loved me perfectly, but he loved me as well as he could. (189) View quote
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It's not oil that runs the world, it's shame. View quote
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When you read a piece of writing that you admire, send a note of thanks to the author. View quote
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Nervous means you want to play. Scared means you don't want to play. View quote
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She wanted to be buried in a coffin filled with used paperbacks. View quote
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Read. Read 1000 pages for every 1 page that you write. View quote
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I think the world is a series of broken dams and floods, and my cartoons are tiny little lifeboats. View quote
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When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing. View quote
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When anybody, no matter how old they are, loses a parent, I think it hurts the same as if you were only five years old, you know? I think all of us are always five years old in the presence and absence of our parents. (Sherman Alexie)
When you resort to violence to prove a point, you've just experienced a profound failure of imagination. View quote
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We only know how to lose and be lost. View quote
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Books and beer are the best and worst defense. View quote
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Humor was an antiseptic that cleaned the deepest of personal wounds. View quote
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